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tauromorphous

tauromorphous adjective: bull-shaped.

Adjective

tauromorphous (comparative more tauromorphous, superlative most tauromorphous)

  1. bull-shaped
    • The bull was also a sacred animal, hence the innumerable tauromachian representations on large frescoes or in the minor arts, as well as the tauromorphous rhyta which may have been used for libations of bull's blood.1968, Pierre Leveque, The Greek Adventure, page 33

Forms of tauromorphous

comparativemore tauromorphous
superlativemost tauromorphous

Questions about tauromorphous

What does tauromorphous mean?
Tauromorphous means bull-shaped.
What part of speech is tauromorphous?
Tauromorphous is an adjective.

Words near tauromorphous in the dictionary

  1. tauromachic
  2. tauromachies
  3. tauromachy
  4. tauromerase
  5. tauromorphic
  6. tauromorphous
  7. tauromustine
  8. taurophile
  9. taurophiles
  10. taurophobia
  11. tauropine

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