Platyceps

See also: platyceps

Translingual

Etymology

By surface analysis, platy- (“wide, broad, flat”, from Ancient Greek πλᾰτῠ́ς (plătŭ́s)) +‎ Latin -ceps (“-headed”). Doublet of platyceps.

Pronunciation

  • English: enPR: plă′-tĭ-sĕps
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈplæ.tɪ.sɛps/

Proper noun

Platyceps m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – certain colubrid snakes.
    Hypernym: Colubrinae

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 扁頭蛇 / 扁头蛇 (biǎntóu shé) (calque)
  • → Persian: مار سرتخت (mâr sartaxt) (calque)
  • → Russian: плоскоголо́вий по́лоз (ploskogolóvij póloz) (calque)
  • → Ukrainian: пласкоголо́вий по́лоз (plaskoholóvyj póloz) (calque)

See also

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