ophidian

英 [ə(ʊ)'fɪdɪən; ɒ'fɪdɪən] 美 [o'fɪdɪən]
  • adj. 蛇类的；蛇样的
  • n. 蛇
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英语词源

ophidian (adj.)
"pertaining to snakes," 1883, from Greek ophidion, diminutive of ophis "serpent" (see ophio-). Hence, ophiolatry "serpent-worship" (1862), and the 2c. sect of the Ophitæ, who revered the serpent as the symbol of divine wisdom.