Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Serpentarius \Ser`pen*ta"ri*us\, n.[NL., fr. L. serpens
serpent.] (Astron.)
A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and
Hercules; -- called also {Ophiuchus}.
Ophiuchus \O`phi*u"chus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., holding a
serpent; 'o`fis a serpent + ? to hold.] (Astron.)
A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a
man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also
{Serpentarius}.
Source : WordNet®
Ophiuchus
n : a large constellation in the equatorial region between
Hercules and Scorpius