macrostomatan
English
editEtymology
editMacrostomata + -an
Noun
editmacrostomatan (plural macrostomatans)
- Any snake of the clade Macrostomata
- 2016 February 18, “Are Diet Preferences Associated to Skulls Shape Diversification in Xenodontine Snakes?”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The unique adaptations for the snake skull for ingesting large prey in more primitive macrostomatan snakes have been well documented.