Henophidia

== Translingual == === Etymology === A compound of Ancient Greek ἕνος (hénos, “belonging to the former of two periods, last year’s, old, bygone”) + taxonomic name Ophidia = “snakes [discovered] long ago”, coined in contradistinction with Caenophidia = “snakes [discovered] recently”. === Proper noun === Henophidia (dated) A taxonomic clade within the order Squamata – boas, pythons and similar snakes. ==== Hypernyms ==== (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order ==== Hyponyms ==== (superfamily): Aniliidae, Anomochilidae, Boidae, Bolyeriidae, Cylindrophiidae, Loxocemidae, Tropidophiidae, Uropeltidae, Xenopeltidae – families ==== See also ==== Booidea === References === Henophidia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Henophidia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Henophidia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons