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Doryphoros
Doryphoros Do*ryph"o*ros, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., spear bearing; ? a spear + ? to bear.] (Fine Arts) A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us.
Phosphoroscope
Phosphoroscope Phos*phor"o*scope, n. [Phosphorus + -scope.] (Physics) An apparatus for observing the phosphorescence produced in different bodies by the action of light, and for measuring its duration.

Meaning of Phoros from wikipedia

- the very first phoros ("that which is brought") was ****essed by Aristeides a couple of years after the battle of Salamis. The phoros became a source...
- 443/2 BC. After 438 BC, the Carian phoros became part of the Ionian district and after c. 425 BC a new Aktaios phoros, comprising the coastal Troad, was...
- signalling'; from Ancient Gr**** σῆμα (sêma) 'mark, sign, token' and Gr**** -φόρος (-phóros) 'bearer, carrier') is the use of an apparatus to create a visual signal...
- Siphonophorae (from Ancient Gr**** σίφων (siphōn), meaning "tube" and -φόρος (-phóros), meaning "bearing") is an order within Hydrozoa, a class of marine organisms...
- scientific name comes from Ancient Gr**** χλαμύς (khlamús), "cloak", and φόρος (phóros), "bearing".[citation needed] Below is a taxonomy of the extant species...
- The word is derived from Ancient Gr**** χρῶμᾰ (chroma) 'color' and -φόρος (phoros) 'carrier of'. Many molecules in nature are chromop****s, including chlorophyll...
- and Thesmophoros (θεσμός, thesmos: divine order, unwritten law; φόρος, phoros: bringer, bearer), "giver of customs" or "legislator", in ****ociation with...
- Ctenophorus, from Ancient Gr**** κτείς (kteís), meaning "comb", and φόρος (phóros), meaning "bearing", is a genus of lizards, commonly known as comb-bearing...
- is derived from the Gr**** words ῥίζα (rhiza), meaning "root," and φορός (phoros), meaning "bearing," referring to the stilt-roots. The beetle Poecilips...
- thinking is that the name is derived from a combination of the Gr**** words "phoros", which means bearer or bearing, and "rhakos", which translates to wrinkles...