English Explanatory Dictionary

criophore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A statue or other representation of a person carrying a ram.

Word forms

criophore criophores

Etymology

From French, from Ancient Greek κριόφόρος (krióphóros, “carrying a ram”), from κριός (kriós, “ram”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “carrying”).

Synonyms

criophoros kriophoros

Derived words

criophoric criophorous
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary