| 释义 |
ophidian, a. and n.|əʊˈfɪdɪən|
[f. prec. + -an.]
A. adj.
1. Zool. Belonging to the order Ophidia.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxxvi. 717 The fangs of one tribe of Ophidian reptiles. 1854Owen Skel. & Teeth in Circ. Sc., Organ. Nat. I. 192 The osteology of the..Ophidian reptiles differs from that of the batrachians. 1939T. S. Eliot Family Reunion i. ii. 56 The dead stone is seen to be batrachian, The aphyllous branch ophidian.
2. Pertaining or relating to, or resembling that of, a snake or serpent; snake-like.
1883D. Cook in Time No. 53. 186 The prominent ophidian forehead of the great French actress. 1885E. C. Stedman in Century Mag. XXIX. 509 An Elsie Venner, tainted with the ophidian madness.
B. n. (Zool.) A reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake or serpent.
1832Lyell Princ. Geol. II. 104 The larger ophidians may be themselves transported across the seas. 1872Nicholson Palæont. 551 The Ophidians make their first appearance in the Eocene. |