OPHIOLOGIST
O`phi*ol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One versed in the natural history of serpents.
OPHIOLOGY
O`phi*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf.F. ophioloqie.]
Defn: That part of natural history which treats of the ophidians, or serpents.
OPHIOMANCY
O"phi*o*man`cy, n. Etym: [Gr. -mancy: cf. F. ophiomantie.]
Defn: Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by their coils.
OPHIOMORPHA
O`phi*o*mor"pha, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Ophiomorphous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or wanting. It includes the cæcilians. Called also Gymnophiona and Ophidobatrachia.
OPHIOMORPHITE
O`phi*o*mor"phite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: An ammonite.