Aglyphodonta
plural noun
Aglyph·o·don·ta
ə-ˌgli-fə-ˈdän-tə
: a group of snakes without grooved fangs or venom glands and without limb vestiges, comprising the families Amblycephalidae, Acrochordidae, Colubridae (sensu stricto) and including the majority of common nonpoisonous snakes which are sometimes all placed in the family Colubridae
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Aglypha + -odonta
First Known Use
1868, in the meaning defined above