Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for O-PHID'I-ON
O-PHID'I-ANO-PHI-O-LOG'IC, or O-PHI-O-LOG'IC-AL
O-PHID'I-ON, n. [Gr. from οφις, a serpent.]
A fish of the anguilliform kind, resembling the common eel, but shorter, more depressed and of a paler color; found in the Mediterranean. Dict. Nat. Hist.
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