alectryomancy

Meaning

Noun

  • A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.

Origin

  • From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών, ἀλέκτωρ -mancy.

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