pīˈthänəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Python, type genus + -idae
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