Definition of Genus Eunectes

1. Noun. Anacondas.

Exact synonyms: Eunectes
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Boidae, Family Boidae
Member holonyms: Anaconda, Eunectes Murinus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Eunectes

genus Esox
genus Estrilda
genus Etropus
genus Euarctos
genus Eucalyptus
genus Eucarya
genus Eucinostomus
genus Euderma
genus Eudyptes
genus Eugenia
genus Euglena
genus Eumeces
genus Eumenes
genus Eumetopias
genus Eumops
genus Eunectes (current term)
genus Euonymus
genus Eupatorium
genus Euphagus
genus Euphorbia
genus Euphractus
genus Euplectella
genus Euproctis
genus Eurotium
genus Euryale
genus Eustoma
genus Eutamias
genus Euterpe
genus Euthynnus
genus Evernia

Literary usage of Genus Eunectes

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"To a closely related genus (Eunectes) belongs the gigantic water-boa whose habits are almost aquatic. (See ANACONDA). ..."

2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"The genus eunectes may be distinguished from all others of the boa family by the nostrils opening at the upper part of the end of the muzzle, ..."

3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley (1859)
"The genus eunectes may he distinguished from all others of the boa family by the nostrils opening at the upper ..."

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