ophic

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English

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Etymology

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From ophi- +‎ -ic.

Adjective

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ophic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to snakes.
    • 1892, Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, page 574:
      [] there were reasons for believing that the sacred cords of the East Indies could be traced back to an ophic origin []