ZOOMORPHIC
adjective, having the form of an animal, of relating to, or being a deity conceived of in animal form or with animal attributes.
The Chinese restaurant wad decorated with zoomorphic silhouettes representing the sign of the Chinese zodiac.
"Zo-" (or"zoo-") derives from the Greek word zoion, meaning "animal," and "-morph" comes from the Greek morph, meaning "form." These two forms combined to give us the adjective "zoomorphic," which was first used in English in 1872 to describe something that resembles an animal. English includes other words that were formed from "zo-" or "zoo-," such as "zoology" (made with "-logy," meaning "science"). And there are also other words that were formed from "-morph," such as "pseudomorph," for a mineral having he outward form of another species. (The combing form "pseud-" or "pseudo-" means
"false.")
hugs always
karen charlie, and enzo


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