Dipsas

From Ancient Greek διψάς (dipsás, “a certain venomous snake”), from δίψα (dípsa, “thirst”), since its bite was believed to cause intense thirst.

Dipsas f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dipsadidae – certain non-venomous New World snakes, called snail-eaters.

• Sometimes placed in family Colubridae.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Serpentes – order; Caenophidia – clade; Colubroidea – superfamily; Dipsadidae – family; Xenodontinae – subfamily

• (genus): Dipsas mikanii – type species

• Dipsadoboa
• Plesiodipsas
• Tropidodipsas

• Dipsas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dipsas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Dipsas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪp.saːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ip.sas]

Dipsās m sg (genitive Dipsantis); third declension

1. a river in Cilicia, mentioned by Lucretius

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Dipsas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.