BUNGARUS FASCIATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bungarus fasciatus mean? 

• BUNGARUS FASCIATUS (noun)
  The noun BUNGARUS FASCIATUS has 1 sense:

1. sluggish krait banded with black and yellow

  Familiarity information: BUNGARUS FASCIATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUNGARUS FASCIATUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sluggish krait banded with black and yellow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

banded adder; banded krait; Bungarus fasciatus

Hypernyms ("Bungarus fasciatus" is a kind of...):

krait (brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula)

 Context examples 

The researchers studied the venom composition, activities and toxicities of India’s neglected venomous snake species, including the monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia), Sochurek's saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus sochureki), banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus), and Sind krait, and found that the standard Indian antivenom had disturbing deficiencies.

(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)