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zoophobia (s) (noun), zoophobias (pl)
1. A morbid detestation of animals in general, or of some specific animal: According to an article in a German newspaper, a police officer was going for a walk in the woods with his wife and their three dogs. A stranger, who lived in the forest, was following them and when the couple stopped, the man also stopped because he had zoophobia and was abnormally fearful of being close to the dogs.
2. Etymology: from Greek zoo, "animal" + phobia "fear."
An extreme fear of animals.
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A terror of animals.
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zoophobia, zoophobias
An abnormal or irrational fear of animals in general or of a specific kind of animal. (1)
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