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ophidia
The Collaborative International 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.
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 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.
WordNet
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.
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.