zoosemy
Meanings
noun
- The metaphorical use of animal names or animal-related terms to denote human qualities, e.g. chicken, sly fox, mother hen etc. as epithets for human individuals.
Word forms
Etymology
From zoo-; sem- (from Ancient Greek σῆμα "token, sign"); -y.
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