English > Serpentes: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | snakes. |
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| Synonyms | suborder Serpentes, Ophidia, suborder Ophidia |
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| Member of | Squamata, order Squamata | diapsid reptiles |
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| Members | Boidae, family Boidae | boas and pythons |
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| Colubridae, family Colubridae | nonvenomous snakes |
| Crotalidae, family Crotalidae | (New World vipers) pit vipers |
| Elapidae, family Elapidae | cobras |
| Hydrophidae, family Hydrophidae | sea snakes |
| Leptotyphlopidae, family Leptotyphlopidae | blind snakes |
| Typhlopidae, family Typhlopidae | blind snakes |
| Viperidae, family Viperidae | Old World vipers |
| snake, serpent, ophidian | limbless scaly elongate reptile |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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| Spanish | ofidios, Ophidia, Serpentes, suborden Ophidia, suborden Serpentes |
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| Catalan | ofidis, Ophidia, Serpentes, Serp |
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