Elapidae
Translingual
Hemachatus haemachatus
Etymology
From Elaps (“the former genus of coral snakes”) + -idae
Proper noun
Elapidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Serpentes – many venomous snakes.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Squamata - subclass; Serpentes (order); Caenophidia (suborder); Elapoidea (superfamily)
Hyponyms
- (family): Elapinae, Hydrophiinae, Laticaudinae (subfamilies)
- Aspidelaps, Boulengerina, Bungarus, Calliophis, Dendroaspis, Elapsoidea, Hemachatus, Hemibungarus, Homoroselaps, Micruroides, Micrurus, Naja, Ophiophagus, Oxyuranus, Paranaja, Pseudohaje, Walterinnesia (selected genera)
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