ophidian

• Marty, who takes the "con" out of anaconda, has an ophidian oiling option that won't make an asp out of you. —  The Toque
• Previously in Chatty's Game: Our heroes discovered an ancient Serpent Temple where lost magic was recovered from the coils of spectral ophidian guardians. —  UncleBear
• The abject terror inspired by the presence of a snake is such that an innocent rat will set to gnawing the snake's tail in default of more usual provender; while a rabbit placed with a snake near skin-shedding time will placidly nibble the loose rags of epidermis about the snake's sides 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 An Illustrated Monthly
• The biggest specimen I have ever found of this ophidian was under four feet in length; but the body is thick, as in all the pit vipers. —  Far Away and Long Ago
• "Oh God, take away from us all sorrow, and receive therefore requitement in twofold measure As she recited the prayer with a mien as dark as fate, the supplicant rolled her long neck from side to side, and nodded her ophidian-shaped head in accordance with a sort of regular, lethargic rhythm. —  Through Russia

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