Booidea

Translingual

Etymology

Boa +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Booidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Serpentes – the boas, pythons and similar snakes.

Synonyms

Henophidia, Boidea

Hypernyms

(superfamily): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Squamata - subclass; Serpentes - order

Hyponyms

(superfamily): Boidae, Aniliidae, Anomochilidae, Bolyeriidae, Cylindrophiidae, Loxocemidae, Pythonidae, Tropidophiidae, Uropeltidae, Xenopeltidae - families

References

Booidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Booidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Booidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Henophidia at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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