OPHITIC


Meaning of OPHITIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ä-ˈfi-tik, ō- ]

adjective

Etymology: ophite serpentine (stone), from Latin ophites, from Greek ophitēs ( lithos ), from ophitēs snakelike, from ophis snake; akin to Sanskrit ahi snake and probably to Latin anguis snake, anguilla eel, Greek enchelys eel, echidna viper, echinos hedgehog, Old English igil

Date: 1875

: having or being a rock fabric in which lath-shaped plagioclase crystals are enclosed in later formed augite

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