Ophidian

Quick meaning: Ophidian is a noun meaning Any species of the suborder Serpentes; a snake or serpent.

Meaning

Any species of the suborder Serpentes; a snake or serpent.

More Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to the suborder Serpentes; of, related to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent.

Example Sentences

The ophidian beast began to glow eerily, and Aaron could discern a fine webwork of veins and capillaries running throughout the creature's body.

Vertebral structure is critical for the identification of fossil snakes, because vertebrae are among the most easily fossilized parts of ophidians.

Another ophidian deity recognizable in Classic reliefs is the Feathered Serpent, known to the Maya as Kukulcán (and to the Toltecs and Aztecs as Quetzalcóatl).

Siamese or double monsters are well known in saurians, chelonians, and ophidians, as are bicephalic, two-tailed and conjoined bodies (thoracodymus, ischiodymus, etc.).

Word Forms

• ophidians

Synonyms for ophidian

Depending on context, synonyms include anguine, serpent, snake.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include snake, serpent, henophidian, serpentkind, pythonoid, serpentry.

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