BUNGARUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bungarus mean? 

• BUNGARUS (noun)
  The noun BUNGARUS has 1 sense:

1. kraits

  Familiarity information: BUNGARUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUNGARUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Kraits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bungarus; genus Bungarus

Hypernyms ("Bungarus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Bungarus"):

krait (brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula)

Holonyms ("Bungarus" is a member of...):

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

 Context examples 

Snakes not covered by the available antivenom include India’s most venomous snake, the Sind krait (Bungarus sindanus).

(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)

However, in the study, Senji Laxme from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and colleagues show that the antivenom used in India works only against the ‘big four’ — the common krait (Bungarus caeruleus), spectacled cobra (Naja naja), saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus) and Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) — but not against several other medically important species.

(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)

The researchers studied the venom composition, activities and toxicities of India’s neglected venomous snake species, including the monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia), Sochurek's saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus sochureki), banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus), and Sind krait, and found that the standard Indian antivenom had disturbing deficiencies.

(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)