Proteroglypha

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Proteroglypha

1. Proterglyphs, snakes with shortened maxillae bearing few teeth except for a substantially enlarged fang pointing downwards and completely folded around the venom channel, forming a hollow needle.
   1. (obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the order Ophidia.

Synonyms

• (suborder): Proterglyphia

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Elapidae, Najidae, Dendraspididae, Hydrophidae

Coordinate terms

• (snakes with shortened maxillae): Opisthoglypha, Aglypha, Solenoglypha

References

• “Proteroglypha”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “Proteroglypha”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Proteroglypha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia