ophidian

Noun
  1. Limbless scaly elongate reptile;
    Some are venomous (synset 101729333)
    is a type of: diapsid, diapsid reptile - reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
    subtypes:
    • colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
    • blind snake, worm snake - wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes
    • constrictor - any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
    • elapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
    • sea snake - any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom
    • viper - venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw
    belongs to: ophidia, serpentes, suborder ophidia, suborder serpentes - snakes
    same as: serpent, snake

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