OPHIDION

ophidion. Ophidion, n. a fish like an eel but shorter

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‖O‐phid″i‐on (?), n.; pl. Ophidia (#). [[L., fr. Gr. � little snake, fr. ὄφισ a serpent.]] (Zoöl.) The typical genus of ophidioid fishes. [Written also Ophidium.] See Illust. under Ophidioid.