Dictionary entry

Ophidion

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖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.