a snake or serpent
Origin of ophidian
from Modern Latin Ophidia, former name of the suborder Serpentes ( from Classical Greek ophis): see ophiolatry + -an of or like a snake
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ophidian
adjective
Of, relating to, or resembling a snake or the snakes.
noun
A snake.
Origin of ophidian
From New Latin Ophidia suborder name from Greek ophis snakeTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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A member of the suborder Ophidia or Serpentes; a snake.
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Adjective
(comparative more ophidian, superlative most ophidian)
Origin
From Latin ophidia, from Ancient Greek ὄφις (ophis, “snake") +"Ž -ian
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