Definition of Pseudechis

1. Noun. Venomous Australian blacksnakes.

Exact synonyms: Genus Pseudechis
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Elapidae, Family Elapidae
Member holonyms: Australian Blacksnake, Pseudechis Porphyriacus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pseudechis

Ps.
Psa.
Psalms
Psalter
Psaltriparus
Psenes
Psephurus
Psephurus gladis
Psetta
Psetta maxima
Psettichthys
Psettichthys melanostichus
Pseudacris
Pseudaletia
Pseudaletia unipuncta
Pseudechis
Pseudechis porphyriacus
Pseudemys
Pseudemys concinna
Pseudemys rubriventris
Pseudemys scripta
Pseudepigrapha
Pseudobombax
Pseudobombax ellipticum
Pseudococcidae
Pseudococcus
Pseudococcus comstocki
Pseudococcus fragilis
Pseudocolus
Pseudocolus fusiformis

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 ..."

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