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Ophidia   Listen
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Ophidia  n. pl.  (Zool.) The suborder of reptiles which includes the serpents; called also Serpentes. 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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Words linked to "Ophidia" :   ophidian, Serpentes, family Boidae, family Hydrophidae, family Leptotyphlopidae, family Crotalidae, Leptotyphlopidae, Viperidae, snake, animal order, suborder Serpentes, serpent, family Viperidae, family Typhlopidae, family Colubridae, order Squamata, Squamata, Elapidae, suborder Ophidia, Colubridae, Crotalidae, Boidae, family Elapidae, Typhlopidae, Hydrophidae



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