noun
in some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas
• Syn: ↑family Pythonidae
• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family
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\\pīˈthänəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
in some classifications : a family comprising nonvenomous snakes closely related to the boas but having a supraorbital bone and usually teeth on the premaxilla and the subcaudal scales mostly in two rows, including Python and closely related genera, and being now usually treated as a subfamily of Boidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.