zoophily
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zoophilism, zoophily
love of animals. — zoophilist, n. — zoophilous, adj.
See also: -Phile, -Philia, -Phily
love of animals. — zoophilist, n. — zoophilous, adj.
See also: Animals-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Not all of this growth in interest reflects increased or newly uncloseted
zoophily (though this is surely a factor--most scholars who choose to write about animals do like them).
There was increased degree of
zoophily in houses where Netprotect was in use (Table 3).
The early antivivisectionists used the term "
zoophily" to describe the ethical premise upon which the movement was based.
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