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
Origin of ophidian
from Modern Latin Ophidia, former name of the suborder Serpentes ( from Classical Greek ophis): see ophiolatry + -an
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adjective
noun
Origin of ophidian
From New Latin Ophidia suborder name from Greek ophis snake
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(comparative more ophidian, superlative most ophidian)
From Latin ophidia, from Ancient Greek ὄφις (ophis, “snake") +"Ž -ian
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