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GENUS BUNGARUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bungarus mean?
• GENUS BUNGARUS (noun)
The noun GENUS BUNGARUS has 1 sense:
1. kraits
Familiarity information: GENUS BUNGARUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Kraits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bungarus; genus Bungarus
Hypernyms ("genus Bungarus" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bungarus"):
krait (brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula)
Holonyms ("genus Bungarus" is a member of...):
Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)
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