Akademik

Eunectes

noun

anacondas

• Syn: ↑genus Eunectes

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Boidae, ↑family Boidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑anaconda, ↑Eunectes murinus

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\\yüˈnek(ˌ)tēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from eu- + Greek nēktēs swimmer, from nēchein to swim; akin to Latin nare to swim — more at nourish

: a genus of snakes (family Boidae) comprising the anaconda

Useful english dictionary. 2012.