allegory | (noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters) | Synonyms: apologue, fable, parable |
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(noun) an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor | - |
(noun) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea | Synonyms: emblem |
amphigory | (noun) nonsensical writing (usually verse) | Synonyms: nonsense verse |
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beaugregory | (noun) a blue and yellow damselfish of Bermuda and Florida and the West Indies | Synonyms: Pomacentrus leucostictus |
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category | (noun) a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme | - |
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(noun) a collection of things sharing a common attribute | Synonyms: class, family |
gory | (adjective) covered with blood | Synonyms: bloodstained |
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(adjective) accompanied by bloodshed | Synonyms: butcherly, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous |