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Mythical creatures > Calopuses

Preferred term

Calopuses  

Definition

  • In heraldry, beasts having the body of a wolf and the head of a cat to which a pair of short, curving horns are sometimes added [Franklyn]; also depicted on brasses

Broader concept

Notation

  • 111505

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-G36FL430-H

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