Taxonomy vs Ophidian - What's the difference?
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The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
Any species of the suborder Serpentes; a snake or serpent.
* 1997 , Olivier Rieppel, 2: The Lepidosauromorpha: an overview with special emphasis on the Squamata'', Nicholas C. Fraser, Hans-Dieter Sues (editors), ''In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods ,
* 2011 , Didier Marchand, Chapter 11: The Logic of Forms in the Light of Developmental Biology and Palaeontology'', Paul Bourgine, ''Morphogenesis ,
* 2012 , Bruce M. Rothschild, Hans-Peter Schultze, Rodrigo Pellegrini, Herpetological Osteopathology: Annotated Bibliography of Amphibians and Reptiles ,
Of or pertaining to the suborder Serpentes; of, related to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent.
* 2009 , Thomas E. Sniegoski, The Fallen , Simon Pulse (2003), ISBN 068985577X,
* 2009 , Encyclopedia of Islands (eds. Rosemary G. Gillespie & D. A. Clague), University of California Press (2009), ISBN 9780520256491,
* 2011 , Pre-Columbian America: Empires of the New World (ed. Kathleen Kuiper), Britannica Educational Publishing (2011), ISBN 9781615302116,
As nouns the difference between taxonomy and ophidian
is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while ophidian is any species of the suborder serpentes; a snake or serpent.As an adjective ophidian is
of or pertaining to the suborder serpentes; of, related to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent.taxonomy
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* classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontologyophidian
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(en noun)page 31,
- Vertebral structure is critical for the identification of fossil snakes, because vertebrae are among the most easily fossilized parts of ophidians .
page 205,
- It has long been known that ophidians have lost not only their front legs but also every embryonic trace of these limbs and their associated shoulder girdle (to such a degree that we cannot determine how many cervical vertebrae they have).
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- Siamese or double monsters are well known in saurians, chelonians, and ophidians , as are bicephalic, two-tailed and conjoined bodies (thoracodymus, ischiodymus, etc.).
Adjective
(en adjective)page 115:
- The ophidian beast began to glow eerily, and Aaron could discern a fine webwork of veins and capillaries running throughout the creature's body.
page 843:
- A less obvious asset of snakes is their very light and supple jaws, which arose in the course of ophidian evolution to permit the ingestion of extraordinarily large meals (at maximum, more than 100% of their body mass).
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- Another ophidian deity recognizable in Classic reliefs is the Feathered Serpent, known to the Maya as Kukulcán (and to the Toltecs and Aztecs as Quetzalcóatl).