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Ophidia definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: snakes [syn: Serpentes, suborder Serpentes, Ophidia, suborder Ophidia]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.