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adjectivetauromorphous (comparative more tauromorphous, superlative most tauromorphous)
comparative more tauromorphous · superlative most tauromorphous
- bull-shaped
The bull was also a sacred animal, hence the innumerable tauromachian representations on large frescoes or in the minor arts, as well as the tauromorphous rhyta which may have been used for libations of bull's blood.
1968, Pierre Leveque, The Greek Adventure, page 33
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