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ophicephalous

ophicephalous adjective: snake-headed.

Adjective

ophicephalous (not comparable)

  1. snake-headed

Origin of ophicephalous

From ophio- + -cephalous.

Questions about ophicephalous

What does ophicephalous mean?
Ophicephalous means snake-headed.
What part of speech is ophicephalous?
Ophicephalous is an adjective.

Words near ophicephalous in the dictionary

  1. Ophian
  2. Ophians
  3. ophiasis
  4. ophic
  5. ophicalcite
  6. ophicephalous
  7. ophiceratid
  8. ophiceratids
  9. ophichthid
  10. ophichthids
  11. ophicleide

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