Definition of ophidian in English:
ophidian
noun ɒˈfɪdɪənə(ʊ)ˈfɪdɪənoʊˈfɪdiən
Zoology A reptile of the group Ophidia; a snake.
Example sentencesExamples
- If you have always been afraid of snakes, visit a zoo with an ophidian exhibit.
- Some aspects of the ophidian anatomy can be explained by an aquatic mode of life of their putative ancestor, but others are more easily explained by a terrestrial ancestry of snakes.
- Moreover, they provide a first insight into the composition of the earliest ophidian venoms and point the way toward a research program that could elucidate the functional context of the evolution of the snake venom proteome.
- With a price tag of about Rp 200,000, you either have to be an ophidian connoisseur or be firmly convinced of the health-giving properties.
adjective ɒˈfɪdɪənə(ʊ)ˈfɪdɪənoʊˈfɪdiən
Zoology Relating to or denoting snakes.
Example sentencesExamples
- As indicated by the morphological description above, the postcranial skeleton of Haasiophis (and Pachyrhachis) generally corresponds to an ophidian morphology with no apparent regionalization of the precaudal (precloacal) axial skeleton.
- Boas and pythons still possess vestigial remnants of hind limbs, called "anal claws," which indicate that they are basal members of the ophidian clade.
- Alethinophidians and scolecophidians form a monophyletic ophidian clade that is also unresolved within scleroglossans.
Definition of ophidian in US English:
ophidian
nounoʊˈfɪdiənōˈfidēən
Zoology A reptile of the group Ophidia; a snake.
Example sentencesExamples
- With a price tag of about Rp 200,000, you either have to be an ophidian connoisseur or be firmly convinced of the health-giving properties.
- Moreover, they provide a first insight into the composition of the earliest ophidian venoms and point the way toward a research program that could elucidate the functional context of the evolution of the snake venom proteome.
- Some aspects of the ophidian anatomy can be explained by an aquatic mode of life of their putative ancestor, but others are more easily explained by a terrestrial ancestry of snakes.
- If you have always been afraid of snakes, visit a zoo with an ophidian exhibit.
adjectiveoʊˈfɪdiənōˈfidēən
Zoology Relating to or denoting snakes.
Example sentencesExamples
- Alethinophidians and scolecophidians form a monophyletic ophidian clade that is also unresolved within scleroglossans.
- As indicated by the morphological description above, the postcranial skeleton of Haasiophis (and Pachyrhachis) generally corresponds to an ophidian morphology with no apparent regionalization of the precaudal (precloacal) axial skeleton.
- Boas and pythons still possess vestigial remnants of hind limbs, called "anal claws," which indicate that they are basal members of the ophidian clade.