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GENUS OPHIOPHAGUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

King cobra

Synonyms:

genus Ophiophagus; Ophiophagus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Ophiophagus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ophiophagus"):

hamadryad; king cobra; Naja hannah; Ophiophagus hannah (large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja)

Holonyms ("genus Ophiophagus" is a member of...):

Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)

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