ophidian

How to use ophidian in a sentence

• The pig treats the snake with disrespect, not to say insolence; nothing, ophidian or otherwise, can fascinate a pig.

  The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 | Various

• ophidian, o-fid′i-an, n. one of the true serpents, in which the ribs are the only organs of locomotion.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) | Various

• I have been struck, like many others, with the ophidian head and eye of the famous Rachel.

  Elsie Venner | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

• The skink of course lacks the ophidian capacity to ingest relatively enormous objects.

  Life History and Ecology of the Five-lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus | Henry S. Fitch

• The ophidian skull is also noticeable for the absence of the jugals and quadratojugals.

  The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds