Acanthophis

Translingual
Acanthophis laevis

Wikispecies

Etymology

From New Latin acanth (“spiny”) + Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “snake”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈkæn.θə.fɪs/

Proper noun

Acanthophis m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – venomous Australian snakes, including the death adder.

References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
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