An ancient fortune-teller who interprets various natural signs, including the meaning to be divined from the entrails of sacrificial animals.
"A diviner or soothsayer of a class originally Etruscan, but early introduced into Rome, though not as official priests of the state religion. The divinations of the haruspex comprised interpretation of lightning and natural prodigies, and especially extispicium, or inspection of the entrails of sacrificial victims."
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
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