solenoglypha

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Solenoglypha \So`le*nog"ly*pha\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ???? a channel + ???? to engrave.] (Zool.) A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang. [1913 Webster]

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]

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