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Boidae

Boidae

Translingual

Proper noun

Boidae

A taxonomic family within the order Squamata – the boas, pythons etc..

Hypernyms

(family): Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - suborder; Booidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

(family): Boinae, Erycinae, Pythoninae - subfamilies