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ophiˈophagous, a.
[f. Gr. ὀϕιο-ϕάγ-ος serpent-eating + -ous.]
Eating or feeding upon serpents.
1650Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xxviii. (ed. 2) 151 Ophiophagous nations and such as feed upon Serpents. 1881Stradling in J. W. Ogle's Harveian Orat. 93 Man is casually ophiophagous. 1886Sat. Rev. LXI. 430/2 The Revolution is the ophiophagous reptile, and gradually but steadily eats up all the other reptiles. |