Meanings
- uncountableOphiophobia; a fear of snakes.
The second-most-common phobia is ophidiophobia, the fear of snakes. Ophidiophobia is one of the most debilitating fears in humans; even the picture of a snake in a magazine or image of one on TV can invoke intense fear in some people.
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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.
2012 August 5, Robert C. Stebbins, Samuel M. McGinnis, Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of California, Revised edition, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 349
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “serpent”) + -phobia, equivalent to ophidio- + -phobia.
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