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Nikolsky's vipers

Nikolsky's vipers is the plural of Nikolsky's viper.

Meaning of Nikolsky's viper

Noun

Nikolsky's viper (plural Nikolsky's vipers)

  1. A venomous viper, Vipera nikolskii, endemic to Ukraine, eastern Romania, and southwestern Russia.
    • The PLA2s were purified from the venoms of the banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus), the steppe viper (Vipera renardi) and the Nikolsky’s viper (Vipera nikolskii). The most active was the heterodimeric PLA2 HDP-2 from the Nikolsky’s viper, which exhibited nanomolar virucidal activity.2022 June 10, Oliveira, A.L., Viegas, M.F., da Silva, S.L. et al., “The chemistry of snake venom and its medicinal potential”, in Nature Reviews Chemistry, volume 6, →DOI, page 463
    Synonyms:
    Nikolsky's adder

Questions about Nikolsky's vipers

What is Nikolsky's vipers the plural of?
Nikolsky's vipers is the plural of Nikolsky's viper.

Words near Nikolsky's vipers in the dictionary

  1. Nikolov
  2. Nikolovs
  3. Nikolsky
  4. Nikolsky's sign
  5. Nikolsky's viper
  6. Nikolsky's vipers
  7. nikomycine
  8. Nikon
  9. Nikon choir
  10. Nikon choirs
  11. Nikon chorus

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