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‖ Thanatophidia, n. pl. Zool.|ˌθænətəʊˈfɪdɪə|
[f. thanat-, thanato- + Ophidia.]
A division of Ophidia, comprising the venomous snakes. Hence thanatoˈphidian a., of or pertaining to the Thanatophidia; n. a serpent of this division; thanatophidiˈologist, a student of the zoology of the Thanatophidia.
1872Fayrer (title) The Thanatophidia of India, being a Description of the Venomous Snakes of the Indian Peninsula. 1884J. Donnet in Nature 27 Mar. 504/1, I believe it to be a generally accepted opinion among thanatophidiologists that, from what is known of the virulent properties of snake-poison, though fatal to man and other living beings, it is innoxious in its effects to serpents of like nature. 1891Cent. Dict., Thanatophidian a. and sb. |