Serpens

See also: serpens

Translingual

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): Bacteria - kingdom; Proteobacteria - phylum; Gamma Proteobacteria - class; Pseudomonadales - order; Pseudomonadaceae - family

See also

Serpentes

Further reading

Pseudomonadaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Pseudomonadaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pseudomonadaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Latin serpēns (“a snake”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɚːpənz/

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

Serpentis

Translations

large summer constellation of the northern sky

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
Malay: Ular Besar
Polish: Wąż (pl) m
Russian: Змея́ (ru) f (Zmejá)
Spanish: Serpens

Anagrams

Spenser

Spanish

Proper noun

Serpens ?

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

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