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horned viper
noun
- a highly venomous viper, Cerastes cerastes, of northern Africa and extreme southwestern Asia, having a process resembling a horn just above each eye.
horned viper
noun
- a venomous snake, Cerastes cornutus, that occurs in desert regions of N Africa and SW Asia and has a small horny spine above each eye: family Viperidae (vipers) Also calledsand viper
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Word History and Origins
Origin of horned viper1
First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences
We have been inquiring of Radi after the more dangerous species, and he describes very accurately the horned viper and the cobra.
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If he should make the slightest move, the reptile, a deadly horned viper, would strike.
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In the two species of Cerastes, or Horned Viper, the eyebrows of the male bear commonly a sort of horn.
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Over each eye there is a scaly spine or horn, from which the name horned viper is derived.
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Among reptiles are several kinds of venomous snakes—the horned viper, the hooded snake and the echis.
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