ophio-, ophi-, -ophid, ophidio-, -ophidia, -ophis (Greek: snake, serpent).ophidia:
An order of reptiles consisting of snakes and/or serpents.
ophiocephale:
Having a snake's head.
ophiocephaloid:
Resembling the fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus (walking-fish), that have a long body and snake-like head, and are capable of breathing air and of travelling considerable distances overland.
ophiocephalous:
Snake-headed; having a snake's head.
ophiography:
A treatise on, or the description of, serpents.
ophiolatrous, ophiolatry:
The worship of snakes or serpent-worship.
ophiolite:
Any of a group of basic and ultrabasic igneous rocks, including serpentinite and serpentinized peridotite, gabbro, and diabase, which occur associated with pillow lava and radiolarian chert in a characteristic pattern of layers in the Alps and certain other regions and are thought to have been formed as a result of the submarine eruption of oceanic crustal and upper mantle material.
ophiologic, ophiological, ophiologist, ophiology:
The study of serpents or specializing in the natural history of serpents.
ophiomancy:
Divination by means of serpents or the use of serpents to foretell the future (or past).
ophiomorphic, ophiomorphous:
Having the form of a serpent or snake; specifically, of or pertaining to the Ophiomorpha.
ophiomorphite:
An old name for fossil ammonite shells, from their snake-like appearance; a snake-stone.
ophiophagous, ophiophagus:
Eating or consuming serpents; there is a genus of very venomous serpents allied to the cobra, inhabiting the East Indies, that eat other snakes.
ophiophilist:
One who is fond of snakes.
ophiophilism:
A fondness for snakes.
ophiosaurian:
A combination of the characteristics of a snake and a lizard.
paleophis or palaeophis:
A genus of extinct Ophidians containing the oldest known fossil serpents.
psammophis:
The name applied to a genus of snakes; such as, sand-snakes or desert-snakes; hence, psammophid, psammophine which belong to the family Psammophidae and the subfamily Psammophine, typified by Psammophis.
saurophidian:
A combination of the characteristics of a lizard and a snake.
thanatophidia, thanatophidian:
A division of Ophidia, comprising the venomous snakes.
thanatophidologist:
One who specializes in the study of venomous snakes.
Hydrophis:
ophic:
ophicalcite:
Ophicephalidae:
Ophichthyidae:
ophidian:
ophidiophobe:
ophidiophobia:
ophidious:
ophioglossum:
ophiograph:
ophioid:
ophiolater:
ophiolitic:
ophiomantist:
ophiophage:
ophiophagy:
ophiophobe:
ophiophobia:
ophiosaur:
ophiosaurus:
ophiotoxemia:
ophiotoxicology:
ophiotoxin:
ophis:
ophisaurus:
ophite:
ophitic:
ophiuchus:
ophiuran:
scolecophidian:
toxicophidia:
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