Uraeus

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

  Uraeus \U*rae"us\, n. [NL., fr. L. uraeus pertaining to a tail,
     Gr. ?, fr. ? tail.] (Egypt. Archaeol.)
     A serpent, or serpent's head and neck, represented on the
     front of the headdresses of divinities and sovereigns as an
     emblem of supreme power.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]