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leograph

leograph noun: a stylized lion motif or icon mainly found in Sinospheric and Indospheric regions' architectures.

Noun

leograph (plural leographs)

  1. A stylized lion motif or icon mainly found in Sinospheric and Indospheric regions' architectures.
    • The deity on the animal is flanked by two figures and set against a frame displaying inter alia a leograph on each side.1982, Bratindra Nath Mukherjee, East Indian Art Styles: A Study in Parallel Trends, Humanities Press, page 25
    • the character on the abdomen and on its right may be considered to be the leograph for pain in that part of the body.1893, Smithsonian Institution, Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 589
  2. An artistic representation of a lion
    • Tuesday-Sa,hsa,za,zha,nya-3-Leograph(Lion).2005, Tin Mg Oo, Aspects of Myanmar Culture, Cho-Tay-Than Bookhouse, page 31

Forms of leograph

pluralleographs

Origin of leograph

From leo + -graph.

Questions about leograph

What does leograph mean?
Leograph means a stylized lion motif or icon mainly found in Sinospheric and Indospheric regions' architectures.
What part of speech is leograph?
Leograph is a noun.
What is the plural of leograph?
The plural of leograph is leographs.

Words near leograph in the dictionary

  1. Leodensians
  2. Leodiensian
  3. Leodiensians
  4. leods
  5. leogangite
  6. leograph
  7. leographs
  8. leogryph
  9. leogryphs
  10. leois
  11. Leola

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