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zoomachies

zoomachies is the plural of zoomachy.

Meaning of zoomachy

Noun

zoomachy (plural zoomachies)

  1. (rare) A fight between or against animals.
    • Only the bull attacking the lion on the Ashmolean seal resembles an eastern type, its head down and limbs firmly on the ground. […] On this seal, Minoan-inspired combats, engraved in Minoan style, are set in a Near Eastern environment and arranged in a triangular composition that is proper for...2008, Joan Aruz, Marks of Distinction: Seals and Cultural Exchange Between the Aegean and the Orient (ca. 2600–1360 B.C.), Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, →ISBN, page 177

Questions about zoomachies

What is zoomachies the plural of?
Zoomachies is the plural of zoomachy.

Words near zoomachies in the dictionary

  1. Zoom-land
  2. zoom-lens reflex
  3. Zoom-raiding
  4. zoomability
  5. zoomable
  6. zoomachies
  7. zoomachy
  8. zoomagnetic
  9. zoomagnetism
  10. Zoomali
  11. Zoomalia

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