Ophidia
See also: ophídia
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the plural of Ancient Greek ὀφίδιον (ophídion, “snake”).
Proper noun
[edit]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 subclass Squamata – modern snakes and all reptiles more closely related to snakes than to other living groups of lizards.
References
[edit]- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Ophidia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Ophidia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Serpentes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
