Typhlophthalmi (tiflofthalmi)

pl. [NL., (Gr. τυφλός, blind, + ὀφθαλμός, eye.] In Cope's cla ification, a superfamily of pleurodont lizards, represented by the Anelytropidæ, Aconti idæ, and Aniellidæ. typhlophthalmic (tif-lof-thal'mik), a. [ Typhlopidae (tif-lop'i-de), n. pl. [NL. Typh lops + -idæ.] A family angiostomatous scolecophidian serpents, typified by the genus Typh lops; the worm-snakes or blindworms. It formerly included all the small serpents with the mouth not distensible and teeth only in one jaw, upper or lower, being the same as Typhlopoidea. By the division of these into two families, Catodonta and Epa no dont a, with lower and with upper teeth only, respectively, the Typhlopidæ are restricted to the latter, and contrasted with Stenos to midæ. Typhlopoidea (tif-lō-poi'de-a), n. pl. [NL.,