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uræus
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uræus, n. [NL., fr. L. uraeus pertaining to a tail, Gr. , fr. tail.].
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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