Hydrophis
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Hydrophis ornatus in an aquarium
Translingual
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Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + ὄφις (óphis, “serpent”)
Proper noun
Hydrophis m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae – many sea snakes.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Serpentes – order; Caenophidia – suborder; Elapoidea – superfamily; Elapidae – family; Hydrophiinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Hydrophis fasciatus (striped sea snake) - type species; for other species see
Hydrophis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms
References
- Hydrophis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hydrophis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Hydrophis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Hydrophis at World Register of Marine Species
- Hydrophis at Animal Diversity Web
- Hydrophis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Hydrophis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
