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Webster 1913 Edition


Ophiophagus

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Oˊphi-oph′a-gus

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Noun.
[NL. See
Ophiophagous
.]
(Zool.)
A genus of venomous East Indian snakes, which feed on other snakes.
Ophiophagus elaps
is said to be the largest and most deadly of poisonous snakes.