ophidian

o·phid·i·an  (-fd-n)

adj.

Of, relating to, or resembling snakes.

n.

A member of the suborder Ophidia or Serpentes; a snake.

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[From New Latin Ophidia, suborder name, from Greek ophis, snake.]

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ophidian [əʊˈfɪdɪən]

adj

1. snakelike

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Ophidia, a suborder of reptiles that comprises the snakes

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any reptile of the suborder Ophidia; a snake

[from New Latin Ophidia name of suborder, from Greek ophidion, from ophis snake]

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ophidian  (-fd-n)

A member of the suborder Ophidia or Serpentes; a snake.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ophidian - limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous serpent, snake diapsid, diapsid reptile - reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye Ophidia, Serpentes, suborder Ophidia, suborder Serpentes - snakes colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes blind snake, worm snake - wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes constrictor - any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils elapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres sea snake - any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom viper - venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw