ZOOLATRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zoolatry mean? 

• ZOOLATRY (noun)
  The noun ZOOLATRY has 1 sense:

1. the worship of animals

  Familiarity information: ZOOLATRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZOOLATRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The worship of animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

animal-worship; zoolatry

Hypernyms ("zoolatry" is a kind of...):

worship (the activity of worshipping)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "zoolatry"):

fish-worship; ichthyolatry (the worship of fish)

ophiolatry; serpent-worship (the worship of snakes)