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Definition of Pseudechis
1. Noun. Venomous Australian blacksnakes.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Elapidae, Family Elapidae
Member holonyms: Australian Blacksnake, Pseudechis Porphyriacus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pseudechis
Literary usage of Pseudechis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1878)
"It contains the truly venomous snakes, such as ophiophagus, naja, bungarus, hoplo-
cephalus, pseudechis. The genera naja, ophiophagus, bungarus, ..."
2. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1880)
"Pseudechis ... as being three of the most deadly of Australian poisonous snakes ; F.
McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Viet., Dec. 1, pis. i.-iii. Pseudechis ..."
3. Report on the Effects of Artificial Respiration, Intravenous Injection of by India (1874)
"On arrival, these snakes (Pseudechis ... that there is some difference of power
between the poisons of the cobra and the Pseudechis ..."