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Cerastes

noun
1.
Highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye.  Synonyms: Cerastes cornutus, horned asp, horned viper, sand viper.



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"Cerastes" Quotes from Famous Books



... it not in mind because my eye had wholly attracted me toward the high tower with the ruddy summit, where in an instant were uprisen suddenly three infernal furies, stained with blood, who had the limbs of women and their action, and were girt with greenest hydras. Little serpents and cerastes they had for hair, wherewith their savage ...
— The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell [The Inferno] • Dante Alighieri


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