Associations to the word «Ophidian»

Wiktionary

OPHIDIAN, noun. Any species of the suborder Serpentes; a snake or serpent.
OPHIDIAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to the suborder Serpentes; of, related to, or characteristic of a snake or serpent.

Dictionary definition

OPHIDIAN, noun. Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats