Definition of ophidian Ophidian

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We found 7 definitions of ophidian from 5 different sources.

What does ophidian mean?

Noun
ophidian - limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
		snake, serpent
		diapsid, diapsid reptile reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye
		ophidia, serpentes, suborder ophidia, suborder serpentes snakes
		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

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ophidian (Noun)
Any species of the suborder Serpentes; a snake or serpent.
ophidian (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the suborder Serpentes; of, related to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent.

ophidian
o-fid′i-an, n. one of the true serpents, in which the ribs are the only organs of locomotion.—adjs. Ophid′ian, Ophid′ious, pertaining to serpents: having the nature of a serpent.—ns. Ophidiā′rium, a place where serpents are confined; Ophiog′raphy, the description of serpents; Ophiol′ater, a serpent-worshipper.—adj. Ophiol′atrous.—n. Ophiol′atry, serpent-worship.—adjs. Ophiolog′ic, -al.—ns. Ophiol′ogist, one versed in ophiology; Ophiol′ogy, the study of serpents; Oph′iomancy, divination by serpents.—adjs. Ophiomor′phic, Ophiomor′phous, having the form of a serpent; Ophioph′agous, feeding on serpents.—n. Oph′ite, one of a Gnostic sect who worshipped the serpent. [Gr. ophidion, dim. of ophis, opheōs, a serpent.]