Booidea
Translingual
Etymology
Boa + -oidea
Proper noun
Booidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Serpentes – the boas, pythons and similar snakes.
Synonyms
- Henophidia, Boidea
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Squamata - subclass; Serpentes - order
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Boidae, Aniliidae, Anomochilidae, Bolyeriidae, Cylindrophiidae, Loxocemidae, Pythonidae, Tropidophiidae, Uropeltidae, Xenopeltidae - families
References
Booidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Booidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Serpentes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Henophidia at National Center for Biotechnology Information