brandophite
English translation: collector of snakes
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brand ophite Explanation: ophite [ ft ] (plural oph·ites) noun mottled green rock: any of several mottled green rocks, for example, diabase or dolerite, that are made up of small long plagioclase crystals surrounded by larger pyroxene crystals [Mid-17th century. Via Latin from Greek ophits "serpentine stone," from ophis "snake"; from its markings, which are like a snake's.] source: Encarta |
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