Cerastes \Ce*ras"tes\, n. [L., a horned serpent, fr. Gr. ? horned, fr. ? horn.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.
cerastes n : highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye [syn: {horned viper}, {sand viper}, {horned asp}, {Cerastes cornutus}]