cerastes

cerastēs ae, m

, κεράστης, a horned serpent, Pr.

cerastes
cĕrastes, ae or is, m., = κεράστης (horned). I A horned serpent , the cerastes : Coluber cerastes, ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Cerastes
·noun A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper. ...

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