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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OPHIOPHAGUS

O `phi *oph "a *gus, n. Etym: [NL. See Ophiophagous. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.