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Webster 1913 Edition

Ophidion

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O-phid′i-on

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Noun.
;
pl.
Ophidia
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.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] little snake, fr.
ὄφισ
a serpent.]
(Zool.)
The typical genus of ophidioid fishes.
[Written also
Ophidium
.]
See Illust. under
Ophidioid
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ophidion

OPHID'ION

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Noun.
[Gr. a serpent.] a fish of the anguilliform kind, resembling the common eel, but shorter, more depressed and of a paler color; found in the mediterranean.

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