OPHIDIA

Serpentes, suborder Serpentes, Ophidia, suborder Ophidia

(noun) snakes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


O*phid"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The order of reptiles which includes the serpents.

Note: The most important divisions are: the Solenoglypha, having erectile perforated fangs, as the rattlesnake; the Proteroglypha, or elapine serpents, having permanently erect fang, as the cobra; the Asinea, or colubrine serpents, which are destitute of fangs; and the Opoterodonta, or Epanodonta, blindworms, in which the mouth is not dilatable.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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