Defn: Of or pertaining to a serpent. [Obs.]
OPHITE
O"phite, n. Etym: [L. ophites, Gr. ophite.] (Min.)
Defn: A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; — first found in the Pyreness. So called from the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance. — O*phi"ic, a.
OPHITE
O"phite, n. Etym: [L. Ophitae, pl. See Ophite, a.] (Eccl.Hist.)
Defn: A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.
OPHIUCHUS
O`phi*u"chus, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Astron.)
Defn: A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands; — called also Serpentarius.
OPHIURA
O`phi*u"ra, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of ophiurioid starfishes.
OPHIURAN
O`phi*u"ran, a. (Zoöl.)