Lycodon

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λῠ́κος (lŭ́kos, “wolf”) +‎ -odon (“-toothed”, from Ancient Greek ὀδών (odṓn)).

Pronunciation

  • English:
    • (stressed): enPR: lī′-kō-dŏn
      • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.koʊˌdɑn/
    • (unstressed): enPR: lī′-kə-dŏn
      • (US) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.kəˌdɑn/

Proper noun

Lycodon m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – wolf snakes.

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: canavardiş (calque)
  • Chinese: → 狼蛇 (lángshé) (partial calque), → 狼齒蛇 / 狼齿蛇 (lángchǐshé) (calque)
  • → Dutch: wolfstandslang (calque)
  • → English: wolf snake (partial calque)
  • → Georgian: ლიკოდონი (liḳodoni) (transliteration)
  • → German: Wolfszahnnatter (calque)
  • → Indonesian: ular serigala (partial calque)
  • → Italian: serpente lupo (partial calque)
  • → Lithuanian: vilkdantis (calque)
  • → Persian: گرگ‌مار (partial calque)
  • → Russian: волкозу́б (volkozúb) (calque)
  • → Ukrainian: вовкозу́б (vovkozúb) (calque)

See also

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