ophisaurn.
/ˈɒfᵻsɔː/, U.S. /ˈɑfəˌsɔr/, /ˈoʊfəˌsɔr/ Zoology. rare.
A limbless snakelike lizard of the genus Ophisaurus (formerly Ophiosaurus) (family Anguidae) or a related form; a glass lizard or glass ‘snake’.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Ophiosaur, a limbless lizard of the family Ophiosauridæ; a glass-snake.
1987 Jrnl. Herpetol. 21 115 Limb reduction and loss..is heteromorphic and heterochronic in ‘ophisaurs’ indicating that this strategy occurred independently among Old and New World ‘anguines’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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