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o·phid·i·an  audio  (-fd-n) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Of, relating to, or resembling snakes.
NOUN:
A member of the suborder Ophidia or Serpentes; a snake.
ETYMOLOGY:
From New Latin Ophidia, suborder name, from Greek ophis, snake


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