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aglyphous

aglyphous

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aglyphous (not comparable)

  1. (of a snake) Whose teeth are not specialized, especially whose teeth lack grooves for venom.
    • 1890, George Albert Boulenger, W. T. Blanford, editor, The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma: Reptilia and Batrachia, volume 10, London: Taylor and Francis, page 355:
      Chersydrus is the Aglyphous representative of the Hydrophids, with which it agrees in its mode of life and general appearance.

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