Proteroglypha

plural noun

Protero·​glypha

: a group of venomous snakes comprising forms that have in the front of the upper jaw and preceding the ordinary teeth permanently erect fangs with an open or a nearly closed groove associated with a venom gland and including the families Elapidae and Hydrophidae widely distributed in the warmer parts of the world compare opisthoglypha

proteroglyphic

¦⸗⸗⸗¦glifik

adjective

proteroglyphous

-fəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from proter- + -glypha (from Greek glyphē carved work); from the grooved fangs

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