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n. [ L. ophites, Gr. 'ofi`ths (sc. &unr_;), a kind of marble spotted like a serpent: cf. F. ophite. ] (Min.) A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called from the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance. -- O*phi"ic a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. Ophitae, pl. See Ophite, a. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century. [ 1913 Webster ]