Pronunciation: ä- ' fi-tik, ō -
Function: adjective
Etymology: ophite serpentine (stone), from Latin ophites, from Greek ophit ē s ( lithos ), from ophit ē s 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