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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  • A snake-eater.

    May 12, 2008