GENUS OPHIOPHAGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ophiophagus mean? 

• GENUS OPHIOPHAGUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS OPHIOPHAGUS has 1 sense:

1. king cobra

  Familiarity information: GENUS OPHIOPHAGUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS OPHIOPHAGUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

King cobra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Ophiophagus; Ophiophagus

Hypernyms ("genus Ophiophagus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ophiophagus"):

hamadryad; king cobra; Naja hannah; Ophiophagus hannah (large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja)

Holonyms ("genus Ophiophagus" is a member of...):

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