zoomancy

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zoomancy

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From zoo- + -mancy.

noun

uncountable divination by means of animals Yet why should so many generations have believed in divination by birds, and even in zoomancy, said by Suidas to have been imparted by Orpheus, who taught how to perceive in the yoke and white of the egg, under certain conditions, that which the bird born from it would have seen around it during its

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"zoomancy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zoomancy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"zoomancy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zoomancy.

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@misc{zoomancy_2026,
  title = {zoomancy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zoomancy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}