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Meaning of 'ophite' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ophite [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to a serpent.
- A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.
2 . Ophite [ n.]
- 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.

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ophelic ophicleide ophidia ophidian ophidioid ophidion ophidious ophiolatry ophiologic ophiological

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