ophite1 (of it)

[L. ophites, also ophitis, serpentine stone (see ophites ), ing for rocks found in Spain, Portugal, and IMG:content-1751.png:[blocks in formation] substituted, giving name to a family Ophiodermatidæ. ophiuran (of-i-u'ran), a. and n. pertaining to the genus Ophiura in any sense, or to the order Ophiuroidea. II. n. A member of the Ophiuroidea .