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n. 1. The transformation of men into beasts. [ R. ] Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of representing or using animal forms; as, zoomorphism in ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The representation of God, or of gods, in the form, or with the attributes, of the lower animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

To avoid the error of anthropomorphism, we fall into the vastly greater, and more absurd, error of zoomorphism. Mivart. [ 1913 Webster ]