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Ophidian

O-phīd′i-an, n.

noun

(ō-fīd′i-an), n. [Fr. ophidien. See infra.] (Zoöl.) An animal of the group of snakes, or of the order Ophidia of reptiles. They are characterized by an elongate scaly form, without anterior members, moving by flexions of the body, and by motion of the ribs.

O-phīd'i-an or O-phīd'i-oŭs, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. ophidien, from Gr. ὀφίδιον, ὀφείδιον, diminutive of ὄφις, serpent.] Pertaining to serpents; belonging to an order of vertebral animals destitute of feet or fins.