Definition of Ophidians

1. Noun. (plural of ophidian) ¹

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Definition of Ophidians

1. ophidian [n] - See also: ophidian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ophidians

operosity
operous
opers
opertaneous
opes
ophan
ophanim
ophelic
ophelimity
ophiasis
ophicleide
ophicleides
ophid-
ophidia
ophidian
ophidians (current term)
ophidiasis
ophidioid
ophidioids
ophidion
ophidiophobia
ophidiophobic
ophidious
ophidism
ophio-
ophiocarpine
ophiolatry
ophiolite
ophiolites
ophiolitic

Literary usage of Ophidians

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1831)
"SUPPLEMENT ON THE ophidians. THIS name was first given by M. Alexandra Brongniart to this order, which comprehends the animals designated by Linnaeus under ..."

2. Egypt by James Carlile McCoan, Wilfred C. Lay (1902)
"... and Hippopotami—Abundant Ornithology—Tame Fowl—Wild Fowl—ophidians—Fish—Native Trees less numerous than Animals—Palms—Sycamores—Acacias— ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"Sea-snakes, trae marine ophidians, are more common in tropical seas than is generally supposed. They are found most abundantly in the Indian ..."

4. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Sir Charles Lyell (1853)
"... division—Large ophidians and saurians—Lower Eocene and London Clay proper—Fossil plants and shells—Strata of Kyson in Suffolk—Fossil monkey and ..."

5. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1854)
"... division — Large ophidians and saurians — Lower Eocene and London Clay proper — Fossil plants and shells — Strata of Kyson in Suffolk — Fossil monkey ..."

6. Physical Geography by Mary Somerville, Henry Walter Bates (1870)
"The ophidians or serpents; prevalence of the class in intertropical regions; three groups of venomous serpents; ..."

7. The Fifth Reader of the School and Family Series by Marcius Willson (1863)
"MBS. JL GRAY. * BE-GUILE', deceive; impo-e upon. 5 €ON-VENE', assemble. 6 €GPE, oppose with success. LESSON VI. A LETTER ABOUT THE ophidians. ..."

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