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brontoscopy

brontoscopy noun: divination by thunder, as practiced, for example, by the Etruscans.

Noun

brontoscopy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by thunder, as practiced, for example, by the Etruscans.

Synonyms of brontoscopy

Origin of brontoscopy

From bronto- + -scopy.

Words formed from brontoscopy

Questions about brontoscopy

What does brontoscopy mean?
Brontoscopy means divination by thunder, as practiced, for example, by the Etruscans.
What part of speech is brontoscopy?
Brontoscopy is a noun.

Words near brontoscopy in the dictionary

  1. brontosauri
  2. brontosaurs
  3. brontosaurus
  4. brontosauruses
  5. brontoscopic
  6. brontoscopy
  7. brontotheology
  8. brontothere
  9. brontotheres
  10. brontotherid
  11. brontotheriid

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