Ophidia

See also: ophídia

Translingual

Etymology

From the plural of Ancient Greek ὀφίδιον (ophídion, “snake”).

Proper noun

Ophidia

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – snakes or serpents, with no forelimbs and minimal manifestation of rear limbs, now Serpentes.
2. 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

• “Ophidia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Ophidia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Serpentes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies