Uraeus \U*rae"us\, n. [NL., fr. L. uraeus pertaining to a tail,
Gr. ?, fr. ? tail.] (Egypt. Archaeol.)
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.]