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#Opimachus #ChargolInsect #chargol #insect #Septuagint #ophiomachus #SecretaryBird #SnakeFighting #snake-#fighting #Secretary #Bird The ABCs of ABC – O O is for… Opimachus The chargol insect of Leviticus begat the ophiomachus (“snake fighter”) of the Septuagint, by way of Aristotle’s account of snake-eating locusts. This in turn begat the opimachus of the Ortus Sanitatis, which merges it with the snake-fighting secretary bird. Did it beget the word “opinicus” as well? https://www.instagram.com/p/BwYALnqFrlo/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t0pmfsmxctf9
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