Meaning of OPHIDIA
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[n] snakes |
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OPHIDIA is a 7 letter word that starts with O. |
| | Synonyms: | | Serpentes, suborder Ophidia, suborder Serpentes |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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