Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of very venomous serpents of the family Elapidæ, or of the restricted family Najadæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun king cobra
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Examples
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Lately the police have got two specimens of an ophiophagus, a snake-eating snake over eighteen feet long, whose bite they say is certain death.
The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004
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Lately the police have got two specimens of an ophiophagus, a snake-eating snake over eighteen feet long, whose bite they say is certain death.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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"I have just obtained by exchange with another collector," he said, "a splendid specimen of the _ophiophagus_."
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Ambrose Bierce 1878
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