Of, relating to, or designating a colubrid snake having the rear one or two pairs of teeth in the upper jaw modified as fangs, with grooves to conduct the venom; back-fanged.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Athenaeum. Either from French opisthoglypheopisthoglyph + -ous, or from scientific Latin Opisthoglypha, former group name + -ous.