o·phid·i·an ( -f d  - n)
adj.
Of, relating to, or resembling snakes.
n.
A member of the suborder Ophidia or Serpentes; a snake.
[From New Latin Ophidia, suborder name, from Greek ophis, snake.]
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Because Mom has lived surrounded by the North Carolina woods for 41 years, she jumps at ophidian shapes, fearing one might be a copperhead.
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