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ophiophagous

ophiophagous adjective: feeding on snakes.

Adjective

ophiophagous (not comparable)

  1. Feeding on snakes.

Origin of ophiophagous

From ophio- (“snake”) + -phagous (“eating”).

Questions about ophiophagous

What does ophiophagous mean?
Ophiophagous means feeding on snakes.
What part of speech is ophiophagous?
Ophiophagous is an adjective.

Words near ophiophagous in the dictionary

  1. ophionereidid
  2. ophionereidids
  3. ophions
  4. ophiophage
  5. ophiophages
  6. ophiophagous
  7. ophiophagy
  8. ophiophile
  9. ophiophiles
  10. ophiophilist
  11. ophiophilists

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