Serpens
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Serpens. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Serpens, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Serpens in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Serpens you have here. The definition of the word Serpens will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofSerpens, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
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): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum; Gammaproteobacteria - class; Pseudomonadales - order; Pseudomonadaceae - family
Hypernyms
- (genus): Serpens flexibilis (syn. Pseudomonas flexibilis) - sole species
See also
References
Pseudomonadaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Pseudomonadaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Pseudomonadaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Serpens at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
English
Etymology
From Latin serpēns (“a snake”). Doublet of serpent.
Pronunciation
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
Translations
large summer constellation of the northern sky
|
Anagrams
Spanish
Proper noun
Serpens ?