Definition of Genus Bungarus

1. Noun. Kraits.

Exact synonyms: Bungarus
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Elapidae, Family Elapidae
Member holonyms: Krait

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bungarus

genus Bryanthus
genus Bryonia
genus Bryum
genus Bubalus
genus Bubo
genus Bubulcus
genus Bucephala
genus Buceros
genus Buchloe
genus Buckleya
genus Buddleia
genus Budorcas
genus Bufo
genus Bulnesia
genus Bumelia
genus Bungarus (current term)
genus Buphthalmum
genus Burhinus
genus Burmannia
genus Burmeisteria
genus Bursera
genus Butea
genus Buteo
genus Buxus
genus Cabomba
genus Cacajao
genus Cacalia
genus Cacatua
genus Cacicus

Literary usage of Genus Bungarus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Herpetology, and of Ichthyology: Prepared for the Use of Schools by William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger, Henri Milne-Edwards (1846)
"Some, known in India under the name of Roch Serpents, have simple plates under the belly and tail, and constitute the genus BUNGARUS. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"BONGAR, bon'gar, a serpent of the genus Bungarus. See KRAFT. BONGHI, Ruggero, rood-ja'ro- bon'ge, Italian scholar and publicist: b ..."

3. Text-book of Zoology for Junior Students by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1888)
"... covering the head like a hood. A nearly allied species is the Naja haje (fig. 189) of Egypt. The genus Bungarus, including the deadly ..."

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