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SERPENTES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Snakes

Synonyms:

Ophidia; Serpentes; suborder Ophidia; suborder Serpentes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Serpentes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Serpentes"):

ophidian; serpent; snake (limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous)

Colubridae; family Colubridae (nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species)

family Typhlopidae; Typhlopidae; family Leptotyphlopidae; Leptotyphlopidae (blind snakes)

Boidae; family Boidae (boas and pythons)

Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)

family Hydrophidae; Hydrophidae (sea snakes)

family Viperidae; Viperidae (Old World vipers)

Crotalidae; family Crotalidae (New World vipers: pit vipers)

Holonyms ("Serpentes" is a member of...):

order Squamata; Squamata (diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards)

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