{
  "ophidian":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of, relating to, or resembling snakes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u014d-\u02c8fi-d\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In places with rich ophidian faunas, dozens of antivenins may therefore need to be kept to hand. \u2014 The Economist , 30 Dec. 2020",
      "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"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "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\"":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1826, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044652"
  }
}