Cerastes

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cerastes \Ce*ras"tes\, n. [L., a horned serpent, fr. Gr.
     kera`sths horned, fr. ke`ras horn.] (Zool.)
     A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale
     over each eye; the horned viper.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]