theriomorphic

theriomorphic
theriomorph, n.
/thear'ee euh mawr"fik/, adj.
(of deities) thought of or represented as having the form of beasts.
Also, theriomorphous.
[1880-85; < Gk theriómorph(os) beast-shaped (therío(n) wild beast + -morphos -MORPHOUS) + -IC]

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