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lamassus

lamassus is the plural of lamassu.

Meaning of lamassu

Noun

lamassu (plural lamassu or lamassus)

  1. An Assyrian protective deity, often depicted as having the head of a human, the body of an ox or lion, and the wings of a bird.
  2. (broadly) A representation – especially a statue – of a lamassu.

Questions about lamassus

What is lamassus the plural of?
Lamassus is the plural of lamassu.

Words near lamassus in the dictionary

  1. lamaserais
  2. lamaserie
  3. lamaseries
  4. lamasery
  5. lamassu
  6. lamassus
  7. Lamaster
  8. lamasteries
  9. Lamasters
  10. lamastery
  11. Lamay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lamassus (page history and authors); lamassu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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