About The Word Ophidia
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Ophidia
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What's The Definition Of Ophidia?
[n] snakes
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ophidia: Serpentes | suborder Ophidia | suborder Serpentes Related Terms | Find terms related to Ophidia: See Also | animal order | Boidae | Colubridae | Crotalidae | Elapidae | family Boidae | family Colubridae | family Crotalidae | family Elapidae | family Hydrophidae | family Leptotyphlopidae | family Typhlopidae | family Viperidae | Hydrophidae | Leptotyphlopidae | ophidian | order Squamata | serpent | snake | Squamata | Typhlopidae | Viperidae Ophidia In Webster's Dictionary \O*phid"i*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of 'o`fis a
snake.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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