Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Representative of animals, or of their characteristic forms, as a work of art; of or pertaining to zoömorphism: correlated with anthropomorphic.
- Especially, representing or symbolizing the conception of a god under the form of an animal whose characteristic traits or habits suggest the idea attached to the god.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to zoömorphism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the
shape ,form , orlikeness of ananimal .
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Examples
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Or swing by one of my favorite quirky attractions in New Jersey, Lucy the Margate Elephant, a giant, gray "zoomorphic" elephant located just south of the Atlantic City Strip.
The Lobby from SPG 2009
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Scanning the various photographs of some of the items discovered, one cannot fail to be impressed by the beauty of the zoomorphic designs found on so many of the items.
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The company also added another piece to their popular surrealist zoomorphic furniture collection with "Elisee," a console in the shape of a racehorse €1,930.
Design With a Je Ne Sais Quoi Helen Kirwan-Taylor 2011
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"That gave the project its own language, making it a zoomorphic structure rather than a Jetsons pastiche."
Building U2's 'Claw' 2010
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However, the prioress put her foot down and denied Alheit her zoomorphic fantasy.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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One last surprise: the Louis Hudson collection of zoomorphic cobs.
Daniel Frank Sedwick Treasure and World Coin Auction #7 : Coin Collecting News 2010
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Man occupied some of the caves in ancient times, because vestiges of humans have been revealed in cave paintings and zoomorphic figures.
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Man occupied some of the caves in ancient times, because vestiges of humans have been revealed in cave paintings and zoomorphic figures.
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Man occupied some of the caves in ancient times, because vestiges of humans have been revealed in cave paintings and zoomorphic figures.
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Man occupied some of the caves in ancient times, because vestiges of humans have been revealed in cave paintings and zoomorphic figures.
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In the shape of or having the attributes of an animal. (From ArtLex)
June 4, 2008