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плоскохвост

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Russian

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Желтогубый плоскохвост. Комо́до, Индоне́зия.

Etymology

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пло́ский (plóskij, flat, adjective) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ хвост m (xvost, tail, noun), literally flat-tail. A calque of translingual Laticauda f, from Latin lātus (wide, broad, adjective) +‎ Latin cauda f (tail), literally broad-tail.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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плоскохво́ст (ploskoxvóstm anim (genitive плоскохво́ста, nominative plural плоскохво́сты, genitive plural плоскохво́стов)

  1. (zoology) A sea krait, a snake of the genus Laticauda.

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