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Etymology

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From ophio- +‎ -phile.

Noun

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ophiophile (plural ophiophiles)

  1. (rare) A person who loves snakes.
    • 1992, Leon Jacobs, Parasitic zoonoses, page 213:
      One does not have to be an ophiophile to understand why the chapter on snake bites is placed in this section.

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