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ophiophile

ophiophile noun: a person who loves snakes.

Noun

ophiophile (plural ophiophiles)

  1. (rare) A person who loves snakes.
    • One does not have to be an ophiophile to understand why the chapter on snake bites is placed in this section.1992, Leon Jacobs, Parasitic zoonoses, page 213

Antonyms of ophiophile

Forms of ophiophile

pluralophiophiles

Origin of ophiophile

From ophio- + -phile.

Questions about ophiophile

What does ophiophile mean?
Ophiophile means a person who loves snakes.
What part of speech is ophiophile?
Ophiophile is a noun.
What is the plural of ophiophile?
The plural of ophiophile is ophiophiles.

Words near ophiophile in the dictionary

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

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