Vocabulary : Ophism to Ophiuroidea

Ophism : Doctrines and rites of the Ophites. ;; Serpent worship or the use of serpents as magical agencies.
Ophite : Of or pertaining to a serpent. ;; 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 mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.
Ophiuchus : A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also Serpentarius.
Ophiura : A genus of ophiurioid starfishes.
Ophiuran : Of or pertaining to the Ophiurioidea. ;; One of the Ophiurioidea.

Ophiurid : Same as Ophiurioid.
Ophiurida : Same as Ophiurioidea.
Ophiurioid : Of or pertaining to the Ophiurioidea. ;; One of the Ophiurioidea.
Ophiurioidea : Alt. of Ophiuroidea
Ophiuroidea : A class of star-shaped echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile; -- called also Ophiuroida and Ophiuridea. See Illust. under Brittle star.

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