zophorus

zophorus
/zoh"feuhr euhs/, n., pl. zophori /-feuh ruy'/.
a frieze having representations of people or animals.
Also, zoophorus.
[1555-65; < L zophorus < Gk zoiophóros. See ZOO-, -PHORE]

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