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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK]; fr.

ἧπαρ

ἤπατος

, the liver + [GREEK] to view: cf. F.

hépatoscopie

Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.

Noun.

[Gr. the liver, and to view.] The art or practice of divination by inspecting the liver of animals.

hepatoscopy ‎(uncountable)

(rare) Divination by the liver of an animal or bird. The liver was divided into sections, each section representing a deity, and the markings in these zones were important. A form of aruspicy.
- 1973 Collier's Encyc. x.
  Hepatomancy...animal livers