(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:35:46

O`phi*oph"a*gus, n. [NL. See Ophiophagous.] Zool.

A genus of venomous East Indian snakes, which feed on other snakes. Ophiophagus elaps is said to be the largest and most deadly of poisonous snakes.

 

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