Serpens

See also: serpens

Translingual

Etymology

Latin serpens (“snake, louse, creeping animal”), present participle of serpo (“I creep”)

Proper noun

Serpens f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pseudomonadaceae – a type of bacteria.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gamma Proteobacteria - class; Pseudomonadales - order; Pseudomonadaceae - family

Hypernyms

• (genus): Serpens flexibilis (syn. Pseudomonas flexibilis) - sole species

See also

• Serpentes

References

• 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

Etymology

From Latin serpēns (“a snake”). Doublet of serpent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɚpənz/

Proper noun

Serpens

1. (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

• Serpentis

Translations

large summer constellation of the northern sky

• Arabic: الْحَيَّة‎ (al-ḥayya)
• Catalan: Serpent (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨蛇座 (zh) (Jùshézuò)

• Danish: Slangen c
• Finnish: Käärme (fi)
• French: Serpent (fr) f
• German: Schlange (de) f
• Greek: Όφις (el) m (Ófis)

  Ancient: Ὄφις m (Óphis)

• Icelandic: Höggormurinn (is) m
• Irish: an Phéist f
• Kazakh: Жылан (Jylan)
• Korean: 뱀자리 (baemjari)
• Latin: Serpens m
• Malay: Ular Besar
• Polish: Wąż (pl) m
• Portuguese: Serpente (pt)
• Russian: Змея́ (ru) f (Zmejá)
• Spanish: Serpens

Anagrams

• Spenser

Spanish

Proper noun

Serpens ?

1. (astronomy) Serpens (large summer constellation of the northern sky)