Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Feeding on snakes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Eating or feeding upon serpents; reptilivorous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Feeding on serpents; -- said of certain birds and reptiles.
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- adjective zoology Feeding on
snakes .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Greek ophiophagos : ophis, snake + -phagos, -phagous.]
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Ancient Greek
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whichbe commented on the word ophiophagous
A snake-eater.
May 12, 2008