zoophorous
See also: zoöphorous
English
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for zoophorous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Alternative forms
- zoöphorous
Noun
zoophorous (plural zoophorouses)
- (archaeology) The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; — so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.