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aglyphous, a. Zool.|ˈæglɪfəs|
[f. a- 14 + Gr. γλυϕή carving + -ous; cf. F. Aglyphodontes n. pl. (A. H. A. Duméril, 1853).]
Of a snake's tooth: solid, without a groove for venom. Of a snake: (belonging to a group Aglypha) having such teeth.
1893G. A. Boulenger Catal. Snakes Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) I. 170 Beyond these three subfamilies I am unable to divide the Aglyphous Colubridæ into groups..that may be regarded as natural and capable of definition. 1902Proc. R. Soc. LXX. 447 Tropidonotus, a genus of Aglyphous or ‘harmless’ Colubrines. 1943M. A. Smith in R. B. S. Sewell Fauna of Brit. India: Reptilia & Amphibia III. 2 Solid teeth (aglyphous) occur in all the primitive snakes. 1956A. S. Romer Osteol. Reptiles ii. 574 For these four types of dentition were coined the terms aglyphous, opisthoglyphous, proteroglyphous, and solenoglyphous. Aglyphous types lacking other specializations are customarily considered as forming a subfamily Colubrinae. 1965R. & D. Morris Men & Snakes viii. 177 Snakes with non-poisonous saliva are referred to as Aglyphous. These have simple, small teeth all along the upper (and lower) jaws. 1969A. Bellairs Life of Reptiles I. v. 199 Mice have died within less than an hour after subcutaneous injection of gland extract from ‘harmless’, aglyphous snakes such as the Indian rat snake.
Hence (as a back-formation) ˈaglyph, an aglyphous snake.
1913G. A. Boulenger Snakes of Europe v. 57 The Aglyphs, in which the teeth are all solid. 1965[see opisthoglyph n. (a.)]. |