ophidia
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- snakesSynonyms: Serpentessuborder Serpentessuborder OphidiaType of animal orderMember of Squamata, order SquamataMembers snake, Viperidae, Hydrophidae, Crotalidae, Leptotyphlopidae, Colubridae, Boidae, Elapidae +1 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
O·phid′i·a prop. n. pl.
Origin: NL., fr. Gr. …, dim. of ὄφις a snake.
Zoology The suborder of reptiles which includes the serpents; called also Serpentes.
☞ 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC