hepatoscopy

[Greek hēpatoskopia, from hepatoskopeō -to inspect the liver for soothsaying purposes.) Divination by inspection of the liver. hep-a-tūs, s . [Gr. hepatos a fish, so named apparently from its color resembling that of liver.] Zool .: The name given by Latreille to a genus of brachyurous crustaceans, placed by Milne Edwards under his tribe of Calappians. The species are found on the American coast.