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Definition of Ophidians
1. ophidian [n] - See also: ophidian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ophidians
Literary usage of Ophidians
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, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1831)
"SUPPLEMENT ON THE ophidians. THIS name was first given by M. Alexandra Brongniart
to this order, which comprehends the animals designated by Linnaeus under ..."
2. Egypt by James Carlile McCoan, Wilfred C. Lay (1902)
"... and Hippopotami—Abundant Ornithology—Tame Fowl—Wild Fowl—ophidians—Fish—Native
Trees less numerous than Animals—Palms—Sycamores—Acacias— ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"Sea-snakes, trae marine ophidians, are more common in tropical seas than is
generally supposed. They are found most abundantly in the Indian ..."
4. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Sir Charles Lyell (1853)
"... division—Large ophidians and saurians—Lower Eocene and London Clay proper—Fossil
plants and shells—Strata of Kyson in Suffolk—Fossil monkey and ..."
5. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1854)
"... division — Large ophidians and saurians — Lower Eocene and London Clay proper —
Fossil plants and shells — Strata of Kyson in Suffolk — Fossil monkey ..."
6. Physical Geography by Mary Somerville, Henry Walter Bates (1870)
"The ophidians or serpents; prevalence of the class in intertropical regions;
three groups of venomous serpents; ..."
7. The Fifth Reader of the School and Family Series by Marcius Willson (1863)
"MBS. JL GRAY. * BE-GUILE', deceive; impo-e upon. 5 €ON-VENE', assemble. 6 €GPE,
oppose with success. LESSON VI. A LETTER ABOUT THE ophidians. ..."
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