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    SUBORDER SERPENTES

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Snakesplay

    Synonyms:

    Ophidia; Serpentes; suborder Ophidia; suborder Serpentes

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    animal order (the order of animals)

    Meronyms (members of "suborder 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 ("suborder Serpentes" is a member of...):

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

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