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ophidia
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ophidia (also known as Pan-Serpentes ) is a group of squamate reptiles including modern snakes and all reptiles more closely related to snakes than to other living groups of lizards.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ophidia \O*phid"i*a\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, dim. of 'o`fis a snake.] (Zo["o]l.) The suborder of reptiles which includes the serpents; called also {Serpentes }. Note: The most important divisions are: the Solenoglypha , having erectile perforated ...
Usage examples of ophidia.
Serpents, or Snakes, says the Encyclopaedia, are reptiles of the saurian class Ophidia, characterised by an elongated, cylindrical, limbless, scaly form, and distinguished from lizards by the fact that the halves (RAMI) of the lower jaw are not solidly united at the chin, but movably connected by an elastic ligament.