Uraeus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·add. ·noun 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.

Related Words

uraeus
ūraeus, a, um, adj., = οὐραῖος, of or belonging to the tail : cybia, tail-pieces of tunny-fish , ...

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