ce·ras·tes /səˈræs(ˌ)tiz/
Ce·ras·tes n. Zool. A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.
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cerastes
n : highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern
Asia having a horny spine above each eye [syn: horned
viper, sand viper, horned asp, Cerastes cornutus]