Adjacent Words

Ophidian definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous [syn: snake, serpent, ophidian]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: ultimately from Greek ophis Date: 1883 of, relating to, or resembling snakes • ophidian noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. any reptile of the suborder Serpentes (formerly Ophidia), including snakes. --adj. 1 of or relating to this group. 2 snakelike. Etymology: mod.L Ophidia f. Gk ophis snake

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ophidian O*phid"i*an, n. [Cf. F. ophidien.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Ophidia; a snake or serpent.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ophidian O*phid"i*an, a. [Cf. F. ophidien.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Ophidia; belonging to serpents.