astrapo-, astrap- +
(Greek: lightning; the Greek verb strapto means "to hurl")
astraphobia, astrapophobia
1. A morbid fear of lightning or of thunder and lightning.
2. An intensive fear of being struck by lightning or of thunderstorms.
astrapomancy
Divination by observing and interpreting lightning.
astrapomania
An unusual fondness for or attraction to lightning. [Such people had better hope that lightning does not have an attraction to them!]
Astrapotherium magnum (Great Lightning Beast)
An extinct South American mammal which vaguely resembled a cross between a small elephant, and a very large tapir.
Cross references of word groups that are related, directly or indirectly, to: "lightning and/or thunder":
bronto-;
cerauno-, kerauno-;
fulgur-;
tonitro-, tonitru-.
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