单词 | ophiologist |
释义 | ophiologistn. Zoology. An expert in or student of ophiology. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > reptiles > serpents or snakes > one who ophiologist1828 thanatophidiologist1884 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Ophiologist, one versed in the natural history of serpents. 1882 Nature 16 Feb. 378/1 Which motion..has, singularly enough, been very little commented upon by ophiologists. 1940 P. Sturges Lady Eve in Five Screenplays (1986) 368 Jean. What were you doing up the Amazon? Charles. Looking for snakes... I'm an Ophiologist. 1969 J. Upton tr. R. Diaz Sanchez Cumboto III. xvi. 175 That insufferable ophiologist chose to turn the house upside down, tear the pages out of books, and dig up the plantation, in search of God knew what mysterious treasure. 1994 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 28 May (Living Suppl.) 3 d Greg Longhurst is Loxahatchee's most famous resident ophiologist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828 |
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