单词 | cerastes |
释义 | cerastes /seuh ras"teez/, n. , pl. cerastes. any of several small vipers of the genus Cerastes, including the horned viper, that have a sideways looping motion like that of a sidewinder and inhabit deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia. [1768; < NL < Gk kerástes lit., something horned, equiv. to kerat- s. of kéras horn + -tes n. suffix; earlier in sense "asp," ME < ML, L, as above] |
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