Ophidia
9.9
A group of animals that includes all snakes
- noun
- /oʊˈfɪdiə/
- Archaic
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Ofidios
- Most herpetology texts now use 'Serpentes' instead of the classical term Ophidia.
Examples
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The suborder Ophidia consists of all true snakes.
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The Ophidia group includes various species of snakes.
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Early zoologists debated whether lizards and Ophidia belonged to the same order.
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Did you know that Ophidia are often misunderstood?
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The Ophidia group includes various species of snakes.
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The suborder Ophidia consists of all true snakes.
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Most herpetology texts now use 'Serpentes' instead of the classical term Ophidia.
Synonyms
9.9
A group of reptiles made up of all snakes
is the older term now treated as the same scientific group
9.8
A group of reptiles that includes all snakes with long, legless bodies
is a former order name now equivalent to this suborder in taxonomy
9.9
An old scientific group used to classify snakes
is the historic name that modern classification treats as the same group
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ophidia comes from the Greek word ophis, which means 'snake'. That's why scientists used it to name the group of true snakes.
