Noun: cerastes si'ras-teez
- Highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye
"The cerastes buried itself in the desert sand, leaving only its eyes visible";
- horned viper, sand viper, horned asp, Cerastes cornutus
Type of: viper
Part of: Aspis, genus Aspis, genus Cerastes
Encyclopedia: Cerastes