The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ophidia \O*phid"i*a\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of
   'o`fis a snake.] (Zool.)
   The suborder of reptiles which includes the serpents; called
   also Serpentes.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

   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.
         [1913 Webster]