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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Uraeus

· U·rae·us · IPA /juˈɹi.əs/
01 n. A serpent, or serpent's head and neck, represented on the front of the headdresses of divinities and sovereigns as an emblem of supreme power.
  1. 1.
    A serpent, or serpent's head and neck, represented on the front of the headdresses of divinities and sovereigns as an emblem of supreme power.(Egypt. Archaeol.)