| ophiomorphous | Having the form of a serpent. Origin: Gr. A serpent + -morphous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ophiophagous | <ornithology, zoology> Feeding on serpents; said of certain birds and reptiles. Origin: Gr. A serpent + to eat: cf. F. Ophiophage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ophiophagus | <zoology> 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. Origin: NL. See Ophiophagous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ophite | <chemical> A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; first found in the Pyreness. So called from the coloured spots which give it a mottled appearance. Ophi"ic. Origin: L. Ophites, Gr. (sc), a kind of marble spotted like a serpent: cf. F. Ophite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ophiuchus | <astronomy> A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands. Synonym: Serpentarius. Origin: L, fr. Gr, lit, holding a serpent; a serpent + to hold. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ophiura | <zoology> A genus of ophiurioid starfishes. Origin: NL, from Gr. Snake + a tail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ophiuran | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Ophiurioidea. One of the Ophiurioidea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ophiurid | <zoology> Same as Ophiurioid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ophiurida | <zoology> Same as Ophiurioidea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ophiurioid | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Ophiurioidea. One of the Ophiurioidea. Alternative forms: ophiuroid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ophiuroidea | <zoology> A class of star-shaped echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile. Synonym: Ophiuroida and Ophiuridea. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Serpent + tail + form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ophritis | Dermatitis in the region of the eyebrows. Synonym: ophryitis. Origin: G. Ophrys, eyebrow, + -itis, infammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| ophryitis | Dermatitis in the region of the eyebrows. Synonym: ophryitis. Origin: G. Ophrys, eyebrow, + -itis, infammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| ophryogenes | Related to the eyebrows. Origin: Mod. L., fr. G. Ophrys, eyebrow, + suffix -genes, arising from (05 Mar 2000) |
| ophryon | <anatomy> The supraorbital point. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, the brow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |