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ZOOTYPE
Etymology
Noun
zootype (plural zootypes)
(biology) A proposed archetype of the form of all animals, based not on a shared body plan but on conserved molecular homologies.
(symbology) An animal totem; an animal (or animal figure) that is taken as symbolic of a deeper abstraction.
Source: Wiktionary
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GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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