Micrurus
Translingual
editEtymology
editLikely from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”, “long”) + Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”) + Ancient Greek -ος (-os, suffix forming adjectives)
Proper noun
editMicrurus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – coral snake.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - order; Caenophidia - suborder; Elapoidea - superfamily; Elapidae - family
References
edit- Micrurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Micrurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Micrurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons