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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK];

ζῶ,ον

an animal +

φέρειν

to bear; cf. F.

zoophorique

Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal;

as, a

zoophoric

column

Adj.

[Gr., an animal; to bear.] The zoophoric column is one which supports the figure of an animal.

zoophoric ‎(not comparable)