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Zoomorphism: Definition and part of speech

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Zoomorphism

  1. n. The representation of God, or of gods, in the form, or with the attributes, of the lower animals.
  2. n. The transformation of men into beasts.
  3. n. The quality of representing or using animal forms; as, zoomorphism in ornament.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Zoon: Definition and part of speech

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Zoon

  1. n. Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.
  2. n. An animal which is the sole product of a single egg; — opposed to zooid.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Zoology: Definition and part of speech

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Zoology

  1. n. A treatise on this science.
  2. n. That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.