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ophidians

ophidians is the plural of ophidian.

Meaning of ophidian

Noun

ophidian (plural ophidians)

  1. Any species of the suborder Serpentes; a snake or serpent.
    • Vertebral structure is critical for the identification of fossil snakes, because vertebrae are among the most easily fossilized parts of ophidians.1997, Olivier Rieppel, “chapter 2: The Lepidosauromorpha: an overview with special emphasis on the Squamata”, in Nicholas C. Fraser, Hans-Dieter Sues, editors, In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early...

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Questions about ophidians

What is ophidians the plural of?
Ophidians is the plural of ophidian.

Words near ophidians in the dictionary

  1. ophid-
  2. ophiderpetontid
  3. ophiderpetontids
  4. ophidian
  5. ophidianoside
  6. ophidians
  7. ophidiaria
  8. ophidiarium
  9. ophidiasterid
  10. ophidiasterids
  11. ophidic

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