Proteroglypha

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Proteroglypha

  1. Proterglyphs, snakes with shortened maxillae bearing few teeth except for a substantially enlarged fang pointing downwards and completely folded around the venom channel, forming a hollow needle.
    1. (obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the order Ophidia.

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