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Definition of Cerastes
1. Noun. Highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye.
Generic synonyms: Viper
Group relationships: Aspis, Genus Aspis, Genus Cerastes
Definition of Cerastes
1. n. A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.
Definition of Cerastes
1. a venomous snake [n CERASTES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerastes
Literary usage of Cerastes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wonders of Nature and Providence, Displayed: Compiled from Authentic by Josiah Priest (1826)
"OF THE cerastes, AND SIMILAR SERPENTS. The cerastes, or horned viper, is among
the most fatal of the serpent tribe. It is, moreover, well distinguished from ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1849)
"Bite of the cerastes Nasicornis, the Homed Viper of Western Africa. (Proceedings
of Ihe Academy Nat. Sciences of Philadelphia, April 11, 1848. ..."
3. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770 by James Bruce (1804)
"cerastes, OR HORNED VIPER. THERE is no article of natural history the ancients
have dwelt on more than that of the viper, whether poets, physicians, ..."
4. Specimens of the Greek and Roman Classic Poets: In a Chronological Series by Charles Abraham Elton (1854)
"OF THE SERPENT cerastes. Now may'st thou learn the subtle horned snake, That
steals upon thee, viperous in his make. But while the viper's forehead maimed ..."
5. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"THE cerastes, OR HORNED SNAKE. " In the environs of Thebes," says Herodotus ||, "
is a species of sacred snake of a very small size, on whose head are two ..."
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