Category:Ophidia

O*phid"i*a, n. pl. Etym: [nl., fr. Gr. (zoöl.)

Defn: the order of reptiles which includes the serpents.

Note: the most important divisions are: the solenoglypha, having Erectile perforated fangs, as the rattlesnake; the proteroglypha, or Elapine serpents, having permanently erect fang, as the cobra; the Asinea, or colubrine serpents, which are destitute of fangs; and the Opoterodonta, or epanodonta, blindworms, in which the mouth is not Dilatable.