Definition of ophiophagus in English:

ophiophagus

noun ˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs

Zoology. Formerly: †a snake of the monotypic genus Ophiophagus (family Elapidae), containing only the king cobra or hamadryad, O. hannah, which feeds almost exclusively on other snakes (obsolete). Also (now only) (in form Ophiophagus): the genus itself.

Origin

Mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). In sense 1 from classical Latin Ophiophagī (masculine plural), lit. ‘the snake-eaters’, used as the name of an African people, probably from Byzantine Greek ὀϕιοϕάγος snake-eating from Hellenistic Greek ὀϕιο- + ancient Greek -ϕάγος.

Definition of ophiophagus in US English:

ophiophagus

nounˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs

Zoology. Formerly: †a snake of the monotypic genus Ophiophagus (family Elapidae), containing only the king cobra or hamadryad, O. hannah, which feeds almost exclusively on other snakes (obsolete). Also (now only) (in form Ophiophagus): the genus itself.

Origin

Mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). In sense 1 from classical Latin Ophiophagī (masculine plural), lit. ‘the snake-eaters’, used as the name of an African people, probably from Byzantine Greek ὀϕιοϕάγος snake-eating from Hellenistic Greek ὀϕιο- + ancient Greek -ϕάγος.

单词	ophiophagus
释义	Definition of ophiophagus in English: ophiophagus noun ˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs Zoology. Formerly: †a snake of the monotypic genus Ophiophagus (family Elapidae), containing only the king cobra or hamadryad, O. hannah, which feeds almost exclusively on other snakes (obsolete). Also (now only) (in form Ophiophagus): the genus itself. Origin Mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). In sense 1 from classical Latin Ophiophagī (masculine plural), lit. ‘the snake-eaters’, used as the name of an African people, probably from Byzantine Greek ὀϕιοϕάγος snake-eating from Hellenistic Greek ὀϕιο- + ancient Greek -ϕάγος. Definition of ophiophagus in US English: ophiophagus nounˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs Zoology. Formerly: †a snake of the monotypic genus Ophiophagus (family Elapidae), containing only the king cobra or hamadryad, O. hannah, which feeds almost exclusively on other snakes (obsolete). Also (now only) (in form Ophiophagus): the genus itself. Origin Mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). In sense 1 from classical Latin Ophiophagī (masculine plural), lit. ‘the snake-eaters’, used as the name of an African people, probably from Byzantine Greek ὀϕιοϕάγος snake-eating from Hellenistic Greek ὀϕιο- + ancient Greek -ϕάγος.
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