Definition of Serpentes

1. Noun. Snakes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Serpentes

Seriphidium canum
Seriphidium maritimum
Seriphidium tridentatum
Seriphus
Seriphus politus
Seris
Serkin
Serkland
Sermon on the Mount
Serowe
Serpasil
Serpens
Serpens Caput
Serpens Cauda
Serpentarius
Serpentes (current term)
Serpentine
Serra
Serranidae
Serranus
Serranus subligarius
Serrasalmus
Serrate
Serratia marcescens
Serratia marcescens nuclease
Serratula
Serratula tinctoria
Serres
Serres' angle
Serres' glands

Literary usage of Serpentes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"(6) In the second tribe, that of the Serpentes, or SERPENTS, properly so called, the tympanal bone or pedicle of the lower jaw is movable, and is itself ..."

2. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"Lut of specimens of Lacerta riri¡iara. « Description, p. 252; figs. 220-222. Suborder Serpentes. N./-/» ;i/,-s LINN. ..."

3. Reports on the Progress of Zoology and Botany, 1841, 1842 by Ray Society, Heinrich Friedrich Link (1845)
"Serpentes. IN opposition to the observation of Valenciennes, mentioned in the last report (p. 172), on the temperature in the hatching of the Python ..."

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