ZooMorph: Dictionary

Dartnall's nomogram

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The template reflects Dartnall's hypothesis that pigment shapes are invariant when plotted on a wavenumber scale (Dartnall, 1953). The shape...

Nagual

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In Mesoamerican folk religion, a Nagual or Nahual (both pronounced [na'wal]) is a human being who has the power to...

Ommatidia

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One of the structural elements, resembling a single simplified eye, that make up the compound eye of insects and other...

Shapeshifting

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When a being has an ability to transform of its appearancehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapeshifting...

Therianthropy

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Therianthropy (from n. therianthrope and adj. therianthropic, part man and part beast, from the Greek theríon, θηρίον, meaning "wild animal"...

Vision

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From www.etymonline.com: c.1290, "something seen in the imagination or in the supernatural," from Anglo-Fr. visioun, O.Fr. vision, from L. visionem...