Serpens
See also: serpens
Translingual
Etymology
Latin serpens (“snake, louse, creeping animal”), present participle of serpo (“I creep”)
Proper noun
Serpens f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudomonadaceae – a type of bacteria.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria – class; Pseudomonadales – order; Pseudomonadaceae – family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Serpens flexibilis (syn. Pseudomonas flexibilis) – sole species
See also
References
- Pseudomonadaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pseudomonadaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pseudomonadaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Serpens at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
English
Etymology
From Latin serpēns (“a snake”). Doublet of serpent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɚpənz/
Proper noun
Serpens
- (astronomy) A large summer constellation of the northern sky said to resemble a snake. It is the only constellation consisting of two parts (Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda) separated by the constellation Ophiuchus, representing the snake handler Asclepius.
Derived terms
Translations
large summer constellation of the northern sky
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Anagrams
Spanish
Proper noun
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