Ophidion

·noun The typical genus of ophidioid fishes. [Written also Ophidium.] ·see ·Illust. under Ophidioid.

← Ophidioid × Ophidious →

ophidion
ŏphĭdĭon, ii, n., = ὀφίδιον (little snake), a fish resembling the conger, Plin. 32, 9, 35, § 109;...

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