Henophidia

Translingual Etymology A compound of mul-tax grc ἕνος belonging to the former of two periods, last year’s, old, bygone + mul-tax Ophidia = “snakes [discovered] long ago”, coined in contradistinction with Caenophidia clade = “snakes [discovered] recently”. Proper noun mul dated clade order Squamata boas, pythons and similar snakes Hypernyms superfamily Hyponyms superfamily Aniliidae family, Anomochilidae family, Boidae family, Bolyeriidae family, Cylindrophiidae family, Loxocemidae family, Tropidophiidae family, Uropeltidae family, Xenopeltidae family families See also Booidea superfamily References