Tetramorph

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tetramorph \Tet"ra*morph\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. morfh` form, figure:
     cf. Gr. ? fourfold.] (Christian Art)
     The union of the four attributes of the Evangelists in one
     figure, which is represented as winged, and standing on
     winged fiery wheels, the wings being covered with eyes. The
     representations of it are evidently suggested by the vision


     of Ezekiel (ch. i.)
     [1913 Webster]