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A form of ouroboros — A serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail, a representation of the continuous cycle of life and death.

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Meanings

nounuroboros (plural uroboroi or uroboroses)

plural uroboroi · plural uroboroses

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of ouroboros.

    While Jung mentions the uroboros archetype several times, his concept of the uroboros is more general than that postulated in this work.

    2015, James P. Driscoll, The Unfolding God of Jung and Milton, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 210
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APA

uroboros. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uroboros

MLA

“uroboros.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uroboros. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uroboros,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uroboros.

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