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proteroglyph Zool.|ˈprɒtərəʊglɪf|
[ad. F. protéroglyphe, mod.L. Proteroglypha (A. H. A. Duméril 1853, in Mem. Acad. Sci. XXIII. 415), f. protero- + Gr. γλυϕή carving.]
A venomous snake belonging to a group characterized by grooved fangs in the front of the mouth. So proteroˈglyphous a.
1895G. S. West in Proc. Zool. Soc. 813 It is undoubtedly the homologue of that structure present in the Viperine and Proteroglyphous forms. 1896Proc. Zool. Soc. 616 In the Proteroglyphs adapted to life in the sea, a similar series of modifications takes place. 1956L. M. Klauber Rattlesnakes II. xi. 715 The front-fanged snakes whose fangs are permanently erect are referred to as proteroglyphs. 1965R. & D. Morris Men & Snakes viii. 177 With the sea-snakes and the cobras, we come to a condition known as Proteroglyphous. Here there has been a reduction in the structure of the upper jaw, the front region having disappeared, bringing the poison fangs to the fore... These are the so-called ‘fixed-front-fang’ snakes. 1969A. Bellairs Life of Reptiles I. v. 193 According to this hypothesis the viperids would have had a separate ancestry from the proteroglyphs (elapids and sea snakes). |