Serpens
See also: serpens
Translingual
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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; Gamma Proteobacteria - class; Pseudomonadales - order; Pseudomonadaceae - family
Hypernyms
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See also
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”).
Pronunciation
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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Spanish
Proper noun
Serpens ?
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