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ophelic |
opheodrys |
opheodrys aestivus |
opheodrys vernalis |
ophicleide |
Ophidia
| ophidian
| ophidiidae
| ophidioid
| ophidion
| ophidious
Ophidia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Ophidia has 1 sense
- ophidia(n = noun.animal) serpentes, suborder ophidia, suborder serpentes - snakes; Array is a kind of animal order
is a member of order squamata, squamata
CIDE DICTIONARY
Ophidia, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. , dim. of 'o`fis a snake.].
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."
[1913 Webster]
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