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noun - highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye

noun - a venomous snake

CERASTES - The cerastes (Greek: , English: cerasts, English translation: "having horns") is a creature of Greek legend, a serpent that is incredibly flexibleso ...

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Serpent's head creates stir - it's horned!

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Nov 30 1999 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword

Possible Dictionary Clues
Any of several venomous snakes of the genus Cerastes, such as the horned viper, having hornlike projections over each eye.
highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye
A North African viper which has a spike over each eye.

Cerastes description
The cerastes (Greek: , English: cerasts, English translation: "having horns") is a creature of Greek legend, a serpent that is incredibly flexibleso much so that it is said to have no spine. Cerastae can have either two large ram-like horns or four pairs of smaller horns. The cerastes hides its head in the sand with only the horns protruding out of the surface; this is meant to deceive other animals into thinking it is food. When the animal approaches the cerastes, the cerastes promptly kills it.The legend is most likely derived from the habits of the horned viper, whose genus, Cerastes, is named after the mythological creature. They are desert-dwelling animals, which can have horn-like protrusions over their eyes, and are ambush predators, though not nearly large enough to take prey items much larger than a mouse or small lizard. * Leonardo da Vinci wrote the following on Cerastes: * This has four movable little horns; so, when it wants to feed, it hides under leaves all of its body exc

Cerastes description

The cerastes (Greek: , English: cerasts, English translation: "having horns") is a creature of Greek legend, a serpent that is incredibly flexibleso much so that it is said to have no spine. Cerastae can have either two large ram-like horns or four pairs of smaller horns. The cerastes hides its head in the sand with only the horns protruding out of the surface; this is meant to deceive other animals into thinking it is food. When the animal approaches the cerastes, the cerastes promptly kills it.The legend is most likely derived from the habits of the horned viper, whose genus, Cerastes, is named after the mythological creature. They are desert-dwelling animals, which can have horn-like protrusions over their eyes, and are ambush predators, though not nearly large enough to take prey items much larger than a mouse or small lizard.
* Leonardo da Vinci wrote the following on Cerastes: * This has four movable little horns; so, when it wants to feed, it hides under leaves all of its body exc

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