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zoomachy

zoomachy noun: a fight between or against animals.

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

Forms of zoomachy

pluralzoomachies

Origin of zoomachy

From zoo- + -machy.

Questions about zoomachy

What does zoomachy mean?
Zoomachy means a fight between or against animals.
What part of speech is zoomachy?
Zoomachy is a noun.
What is the plural of zoomachy?
The plural of zoomachy is zoomachies.

Words near zoomachy in the dictionary

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

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