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‖ Ophidia, n. pl. Zool.|əʊˈfɪdɪə|
[mod.L. deriv. of Gr. ὄϕι-ς serpent: app. an arbitrary formation to provide a term in -ia, analogous to Reptilia, Sauria, Crocodilia, etc. (It can hardly represent Gr. ὀϕίδια pl. of ὀϕίδιον, Ophidium.)]
An order of Reptiles containing the snakes or serpents.
1848in Craig. 1854Owen Skel. & Teeth in Circ. Sc., Organ. Nat. I. 199 The vertebræ also are..always fewer in number than in the typical ophidia. 1878Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 418 The scales of the Saurii and Ophidii are..processes of the whole cutis. 1892Chambers's Encycl. IX. 531 The fossil remains of Ophidia are scarce. |