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Ophidia

Ophidia Meaning & Definition
Ophidia Definition And Meaning

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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