zoomorphic

adjective

zoo·mor·phic ˌzō-ə-ˈmȯr-fik

: having the form of an animal

: of, relating to, or being a deity conceived of in animal form or with animal attributes

zoomorph

ˈzō-ə-ˌmȯrf

noun

Examples of zoomorphic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web According to Megan Catherine Rose, an Australian researcher who studies the aesthetics and sociology of creepy-cute zoomorphic cyberpets, the toy’s strange design is part of what made the original Furby so memorable. —

Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023 Arranged around the monumental marble table, a set of 12 vaguely zoomorphic iron-and-leather dining chairs by Mario Milana layers on the whimsy. —

Elvis Maynard, ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023 Farnsworth’s self-description as a wandering animal, trapped in the glass house like Aretaeus’s zoomorphic womb, is all too appropriate given her gendered dismissal. —

Daisy Alioto, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020 If the arrangement of her exquisite zoomorphic sculptures—anacondas, armadillos, caimans, capybaras, jaguars, monkeys, parrots, river dolphins, red squirrels—called to mind a ritual gathering, the image was not accidental. —

Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2022 Some Muslims were offended by its zoomorphic motifs. —

Anna Sherman Maxime Fossat, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022 There are hundreds of geometric and zoomorphic images in the area, which covers about 175 square miles, The Guardian reports. —

Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2020 Large, spiral conch shells, probably once home to ancient sea snails and now notched by hand at the apex to form a trumpet, are incised with images of warriors, hunters and the dead — as well as zoomorphic creatures that may well be crocodiles. —

Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 18 Apr. 2018 See More

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