ophidian
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o·phid·i·an
(ō-fĭd′ē-ən)adj.
Of, relating to, or resembling a snake or the snakes.
n.
A snake.
[From New Latin Ophidia, suborder name, from Greek ophis, snake.]
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ophidian
(əʊˈfɪdɪən)adj
1. snakelike
2. (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Ophidia, a suborder of reptiles that comprises the snakes
n
(Animals) any reptile of the suborder Ophidia; a snake
[C19: from New Latin Ophidia name of suborder, from Greek ophidion, from ophis snake]
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o•phid•i•an
(oʊˈfɪd i ən)adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the suborder Serpentes (formerly Ophidia), comprising the snakes.
n. 2. a snake.
[1820–30; < New Latin Ophidi(a) (pl.) (< Greek ophídion <óph(is) serpent]
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Noun | 1. | ophidian - limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous diapsid, diapsid reptile - reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes blind snake, worm snake - wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes constrictor - any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils elapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres sea snake - any of numerous venomous aquatic viviparous snakes having a fin-like tail; of warm littoral seas; feed on fish which they immobilize with quick-acting venom viper - venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw |
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