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Haruspicy

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spatulomancynounDivination, or foretelling of future events, through animals' shoulder blades.
spatulamancynoundivination using the shoulder blade of an animal
augurynoun(by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
theriomancynoundivination involving animals
zoomancynoundivination by means of animals
zoolatrynounThe worship of animals.
theriolatrynounThe worship of wild animals.
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.
hippophaginounEaters of horsemeat.
zooscopynounThe scientific observation of living animals.
bestialitynounSexual activity between a human and another animal species.
was-sceptrenoun(Egyptology, Commonwealth spelling) A type of sceptre with an animal head and a forked tail appearing in Ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphs.
wolfingverbThe hunting of wolves for their skins.
necrobestialitynounSexual activity involving a dead animal.
zoopathynounThe purported ability to communicate with and, in some instances, control animals.
satyralnoun(heraldry and fantasy) A creature with a human head and the limbs of different animals.
maneatingAlternative form of man-eating. [Inclined to eat human flesh; that attacks and kills humans for food.]
cainismnounsiblicide, especially among animals.
scorpionnounAny of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.
serpigonoun(archaic) A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.

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