Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of serpents of the family Calamariidæ, having the labial plates reduced to four or five, and containing species peculiar to the East Indies. C. albiventer is an example.
- noun A genus of lepidopterous insects.
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Examples
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Ceylonensis; Oligodon sublineatus; Cynophis Helena; Cyclophis calamaria;
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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Trigonocephala; Trigonocephalus hypnalis; Daboia elegans; Cylindrophis maculata; Aspidura brachyorrhos; Haplocercus Ceylonensis; Oligodon sublineatus; Cynophis Helena; Cyclophis calamaria; Dipsadomorphus
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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