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Webster 1913 Edition


Ophidian

O-phid′i-an

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
ophidien
.]
(Zool.)
One of the Ophidia; a snake or serpent.

O-phid′i-an

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
ophidien
.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the
Ophidia
; belonging to serpents.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ophidian

OPHID'IAN

,
Adj.
[Gr. a serpent.] Pertaining to serpents; designating an order of vertebral animals destitute of feet or fins.