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Augury

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signnoun(countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.

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signnoun(countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
omennounSomething which portends or is perceived to portend either a good or evil event or circumstance in the future, or which causes a foreboding; a portent or augury.
zoomancynoundivination by means of animals
theriomancynoundivination involving animals
spatulomancynounDivination, or foretelling of future events, through animals' shoulder blades.
spatulamancynoundivination using the shoulder blade of an animal
haruspicynounDivination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
zoolatrynounThe worship of animals.
bestialitynounSexual activity between a human and another animal species.
beast of draughtnoun(archaic) draught animal
bagwynnounAn imaginary heraldic animal, like an antelope but with the tail of a horse and two curved horns.
theriolatrynounThe worship of wild animals.
zodiographernoun(rare) One who writes about the description and behavior of animal.
beast of venerynounA game animal.
cynegeticsnoun(hunting, obsolete) Hunting (especially with dogs).
ruffnounA circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
zoomorphismnounThe viewing of human behavior in terms of the behavior of animals.
bestiarynoun(gaming) A list or guidebook of the monsters to be found in a roleplaying game.
zoiatrianoun(archaic) veterinary medicine
scape-animalnounAn animal that has symbolically had human diseases and sins transferred to it and then is sent out alive into the wilderness to carry away the afflictions.

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