英语词汇“ophiophagus”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ophiophagus

/ˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs/

noun

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	ophiophagus /ˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs/ noun 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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