Ophidia

See also: ophídia

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Proper noun

Ophidia

(obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – snakes or serpents, with no forelimbs and minimal manifestation of rear limbs, now Serpentes.
A taxonomic clade within the order Squamata – modern snakes and all reptiles more closely related to snakes than to other living groups of lizards.

References

Ophidia in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Ophidia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Serpentes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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