- 1. a. Of or pertaining to a serpent. Source: opted
- 2. 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. Source: opted
- 3. a. A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century. Source: opted
- 4. Of or pertaining to a serpent. [Obs.] 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. -- O*phi"ic, a. A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century. Source: webster
- 5. Of or pertaining to a serpent. [Obs.] Source: adambom
- 6. a. Of or pertaining to a serpent. 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. a. A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century. Source: ecdict
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