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29 lines
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"ophidian":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or resembling snakes":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u014d-\u02c8fi-d\u0113-\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In places with rich ophidian faunas, dozens of antivenins may therefore need to be kept to hand. \u2014 The Economist , 30 Dec. 2020",
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"Finally, though, Raymer does rise to the occasion, tracking down a hit-and-run driver and putting an end (with an ophidian exclamation point) to the criminal career of one of the book\u2019s more unsavory characters. \u2014 T. Coraghessan Boyle, New York Times , 3 May 2016"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Ophidia, order or suborder name (from ophid-, probably taken mistakenly as stem of Greek \u00f3phis \"snake\" + -ia -ia entry 2 ) + -an entry 2 ; \u00f3phis (i-stem) going back to Indo-European *h 3 eg w hi- \"snake,\" whence also Sanskrit \u00e1hi\u1e25 \"snake,\" Avestan a\u017ei-, and perhaps Armenian i\u017e \"viper\"":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1826, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044652"
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}
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}
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