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The English word snake comes from Old English snaca, itself from Proto-Germanic *snak-an-(cf. Germanic Schnake 'ring snake', Swedish snok 'grass snake'), from Proto-Indo-European root *(s)nēg-o-'to crawl to creep', which also gave sneak as well as Sanskrit nāgá 'snake'. [11] The word ousted adder, as adder went on to narrow in meaning ...
This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, and in some cases the grouping may have no scientific basis. Contents:
Related changes; Upload file; Special pages; Permanent link; Page information ... This is a list of the scientific names of extant snakes. It includes 517 genera and ...
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
boa snake: Tehuelche: Named for the Chubut River, ultimately from Tehuelche chupat ("transparent"), and Greek ophis, meaning snake. [citation needed] Chuckwalla (Sauromalus) iguanid: Shoshone or Cahuilla: The common name derives from Shoshone tcaxxwal or Cahuilla čaxwal, via Spanish [66] Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) salmon: Lower Chinook
List of dangerous snakes; List of largest snakes; By region: List of snakes of Jordan; List of snakes in North Macedonia; Snakes of Nigeria; List of snakes of Spain; List of snakes of Trinidad and Tobago; Category:Lists of snakes of the United States (lists by U.S. state)
This category is for articles which discuss the use of a common (vernacular) name shared by multiple species of snakes which do not correspond to a taxon. The main article for this category is List of snakes by common name .
Examples: macropod ("big foot"); Macrodontophion ("big tooth snake"); Macrogryphosaurus ("big enigmatic lizard")-maia, maia-: Pronunciation: /meiə/ Origin: Ancient Greek: Μαῖα (Maîa). Meaning: Originally the mother of Hermes in Greek mythology and the goddess of growth in Roman mythology, alternatively spelled Maja.