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Definition of Eunectes
1. Noun. Anacondas.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Boidae, Family Boidae
Member holonyms: Anaconda, Eunectes Murinus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eunectes
Literary usage of Eunectes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Specimens of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1849)
"eunectes. Crown covered with scales, and with shields on the front half: labial
... 55, t. 17, /. 8—10. Boa Scytale, Linn. SN i. 374. eunectes Scytale ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1899)
"eunectes murinus is common in the interior of S. Paulo and extends to the ...
Species of Boa and eunectes also occur in Paraguay but they are perhaps not ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1861)
"The present eunectes cannot be confounded with the E. au- stralis (of which,
judging from the diagnosis, I have two undoubted examples now before me, ..."
4. List of the Vertebrated Animals Now Or Lately Living in the Gardens of the by London Zoo (London, England), Philip Lutley Sclater (1883)
"Genus eunectes. 195. eunectes murinus (Linn.). Anaconda. Hab. South America. а.
Purchased, Feb. 8, 1864. б, f. Purchased, Oct. 4, 1865. d. ..."
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