Ce-rās'tēs, n.

noun

n. [Lat. cerastes, from Gr. κεράτης, horned, from κέρας, horn.] (Zoöl.) A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper. Baird.

Cerastes horridus.

An engraved illustration of a coiled snake with its head raised.
Cerastes horridus.