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ce•ras•tes
Pronunciation: (su-ras'tēz), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -tes.
any of several small vipers of the genus
Cerastes, including the horned viper, that have a sideways looping motion like that of a sidewinder and inhabit deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia.
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