Ophidiophobia

Ophidiophobia (or ophiophobia) is a specific phobia (irrational fear) of snakes. It is sometimes called by the more general term herpetophobia, fear of reptiles. The word comes from the Greek words "ophis" (ὄφις), snake, and "phobia" (φοβία) meaning fear.

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