释义 |
‖ Palæophis Palæont.|pəˈliːəʊfɪs| [f. palæo-, paleo- + Gr. ὄϕις serpent.] A genus of extinct Ophidians containing the oldest known fossil serpents.
1863Lyell Antiq. Man xx. 402 The age of the Iguanodon was long anterior to that of the Eocene palæophis and living boa. |