Colubroidea

Translingual

Etymology

Coluber +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Colubroidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Serpentes – most 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; Serpentes - order

Hyponyms

(superfamily): Acrochordidae, Atractaspididae, Colubridae, Dipsadidae, Elapidae, Homalopsidae, Hydrophiidae, Lamprophiidae, Pareatidae, Viperidae, Xenodermatidae - families

References

Colubroidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Colubroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Colubroidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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