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ophidia |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ophidia \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ophidion \O*phid"i*on\, n.; pl {Ophidia}. [L., fr Gr ? little snake, fr 'o`fis a serpent.] (Zo["o]l.) The typical genus of ophidioid fishes. [Written also {Ophidium}.] See Illust. under {Ophidioid}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Ophidia n : snakes [syn: {Serpentes}, {suborder Serpentes}, {Ophidia}, {suborder Ophidia}]
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