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doraphobia

doraphobia noun: the fear of touching the fur or skin of an animal.

Noun

doraphobia (uncountable)

  1. The fear of touching the fur or skin of an animal.

Origin of doraphobia

From Ancient Greek δορά (dorá, “skin, hide”) + -phobia.

Questions about doraphobia

What does doraphobia mean?
Doraphobia means the fear of touching the fur or skin of an animal.
What part of speech is doraphobia?
Doraphobia is a noun.

Words near doraphobia in the dictionary

  1. doramectin
  2. Dorames
  3. Doran
  4. doranidazole
  5. Dorans
  6. doraphobia
  7. Dorasan
  8. Dorasque
  9. Dorasques
  10. doravarine
  11. doravidine

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