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ophiologists

ophiologists is the plural of ophiologist.

Meaning of ophiologist

Noun

ophiologist (plural ophiologists)

  1. One who studies ophiology; an expert on snakes.
    • Bichat speaks of a stupefying effluvium (exhalaison hypnotique) by which some reptiles benumb their victims; and Van der Hoeven suggests that the above-described suicidal infatuation of birds and rodents may be nothing but the well known self-sacrificing courage of the nest-mothers in defense of...1879 September, “Serpent-Charm”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 15

Questions about ophiologists

What is ophiologists the plural of?
Ophiologists is the plural of ophiologist.

Words near ophiologists in the dictionary

  1. ophiolitiferous
  2. ophiolitologist
  3. ophiolitologists
  4. ophiological
  5. ophiologist
  6. ophiologists
  7. ophiology
  8. ophiomancy
  9. ophiomorphic
  10. ophiomorphite
  11. ophiomorphites

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