ophite
輝綠岩之一種
O·phite, n. Eccl. Hist. A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.
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O·phite a. Of or pertaining to a serpent. [Obs.]
O·phite, n. 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.