Ophidiophobia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ophiophobia; a fear of snakes. uncountable

    "His father had a severe case of ophidiophobia, but to his credit he allowed his non-ophidiophobic 12-year-old son to keep a small colony of the Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) in a large box pen in a far corner of their Wisconsin backyard."

Synonyms

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ophiophobiaophiophobiasnake fearsnakephobia

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"Mary suffers from ophidiophobia."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “serpent”) + -phobia.

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