Serpens
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Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Latin serpens (“snake, louse, creeping animal”), present participle of serpo (“I creep”)
Proper noun[edit]
Serpens f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudomonadaceae – a type of bacteria.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gamma Proteobacteria - class; Pseudomonadales - order; Pseudomonadaceae - family
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Serpens flexibilis (syn. Pseudomonas flexibilis) - sole species
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Pseudomonadaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pseudomonadaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pseudomonadaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Serpens at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin serpēns (“a snake”). Doublet of serpent.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
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[edit]
Translations[edit]
large summer constellation of the northern sky
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Anagrams[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Serpens ?
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