haruspices

Variant of haruspex

haruspex definition

ha·rus·pex (hə rus′peks′, har′əs peks′)

noun pl. haruspices -·rus′·pi·ces′ (-pə sēz′)

in ancient Rome, a soothsayer who professed to foretell events by examining the entrails of sacrificial animals

Etymology: L, lit., inspector of entrails < haru- (see yarn) + -spex (see auspex)

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