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cerastes

/suh-ras-teez/US // səˈræs tiz //UK // (səˈræstiːz) //

陶瓷,废物,废物利用,大蒜

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ce·ras·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.

Examples

  • He is called the cerastes, and is venomous, I believe, though not one of the worst kinds of poisonous snakes.

  • In fine, madam, if examples can soothe your grief, remember that Venus changed Cerastes into an ox.

  • At a relatively late period other snakes were adopted as surrogates of the cobra and Cerastes.

  • The cerastes is also employed occasionally by the snake-charmers.

  • The name Cerastes, or horned, has been given to it on account of these projections.