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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Zo-ōg'e-ny or Zo-ōg'o-ny, n. p. 1538The doctrine of the formation of living beings.Zo-ŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 1538One who describes animals, their forms, and habits.Zōö-graph'ic or Zōö-graph'ic-al, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, the description of animals.Zo-ög'ra-phist, n. p. 1538A zoögrapher. [Rare.]Zo-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 1538A description of animals, their forms, and habits.Zō'oid, n. p. 1538(Nat. Hist.) (a.) An organic cell having locomotion like a true animal, as a spermatic cell, or spermatozoid. (b.) An animal in one of its inferior stages of development. (c.) One of the individual…Zo-ŏl'a-try, n. p. 1538The worship of animals.Zō'o-lite, n. p. 1538An animal substance petrified or fossil. [Obs.] Morin.Zo-ö'l'o-ger, n. p. 1538A zoölogist. [Obs.] Boyle.Zō'o-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, zoölogy, or the science of animals.Zō'o-lŏg'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 1538In a zoölogical manner; according to the principles of zoölogy.Zo-ŏl'o-ğist, n. p. 1538One who is well versed in the natural history of animals, or who describes animals.Zo-öl'o-gy, n. p. 1538That part of natural history which treats of the classification, structure, habits, and habitations of animals.Zō'ō-môrph'ism, n. p. 1538The transformation of men into beasts. [Rare.] Smart.Zo-ŏn'ic, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, animals; obtained from animal substances.Zō'o-nite, n. p. 1538(Physiol.) (a.) One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal. (b.) One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal.Zo-ŏn'o-my, n. p. 1538The laws of animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.Zo-ŏph'a-gan, n. p. 1538(Zoöl.) An animal that feeds on animal food.Zo-ōph'a-goŭs, a. p. 1538Feeding on animals.Zō'o-phite, n. p. 1538A zoöphyte. See ZOOPHYTE. [R.]Zō'ö-phōr'ic, a. p. 1538Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal; as, a zoöphoric column is one which supports the figure of an animal.Zo-öph'o-rüs, n. p. 1538(Anc. Arch.) The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; — so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.Zō'o-phȳte, n. p. 1538(Zoöl.) One of a certain division of animals; — a general term, applied to simple polyps, and compound individuals consisting of many polyps united together, as in most corals. They often branch like…Zō'o-phýt'ic or Zō'o-phýt'ic-al, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, zoöphytes.Zo-öph'y-toid, a. p. 1538Like a zoöphyte. Dana.Zō'o-phýt'o-lŏg'ic-al, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, zoöphytology.Zo-öph'y-tōl'o-gy, n. p. 1538The natural history of zoöphytes.Zō'o-spĕrm, n. p. 1538One of the spermatic particles, or spermatozoa, of an animal. Dana.Zō'o-spōre, n. p. 1538A spore or gemma of certain seaweeds, which have locomotion by means of vibratile cilia.Zō'o-tŏm'ic-al, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, zoötomy.Zo-ŏt'o-mist, n. p. 1538One who dissects the bodies of animals; a comparative anatomist.Zo-ŏt'o-my, n. p. 1538The anatomy of animals; the dissection of various animals for the purpose of discovering their structure, or the functions of their several parts, &c.; comparative anatomy.Zōo'zōō, n. p. 1538The wood-pigeon. [Prov. Eng.]Zo-pĭs'să, n. p. 1538(Med.) A mixture of pitch and tar impregnated with salt water, scraped from the sides of ships, formerly used in external applications as resolutive and desiccative. Simmonds.Zōr'il, n. p. 1538(Zoöl.) A small American animal; the skunk; Mephitis bicolor; also, a species of skunk (Zorilla striata) found at the Cape of Good Hope.Zōs'ter, n. p. 1538(Med.) A kind of herpes, or tetter (Herpes zoster); shingles. Dunglison.Zōs'te-rā, n. p. 1538(Bot.) A genus of plants of the pond-weed family, or Naiadaceæ. Z. marina is commonly known as sea-wrack.Zouäve, n. p. 1538(Mil.) (a.) One of an active and hardy body of soldiers in the French service, originally Arabs, but now composed of Frenchmen who wear the Arab dress. (b.) Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt…Zounds, interj. p. 1538An exclamation formerly used as an oath, and an expression of anger or wonder.Zoutch, v. t. p. 1538(Cookery.) To stew, as flounders, eels, &c., with just enough of liquid to cover them. Smart.Züche, n. p. 1538A stump of a tree. Kennet.Zuf'fo-lo or Zy'fo-lo, n. p. 1538(Mus.) A little flute or flageolet, especially that which is used to teach birds. Busby.Zum-bōo'ruk, n. p. 1538(Mil.) A small cannon supported, by a swiveled rest, on the back of a camel, whence it is fired; — used in the East.Zü'mo-lōg'ie-al, a. p. 1538See ZYMOLOGICAL.Zu-mŏl'o-ğist, n. p. 1538See ZYMOLOGIST.Zu-mōl'o-gy, n. p. 1538See ZYMOLOGY.Zu-mōm'e-ter or Zü'mo-sim'e-ter, n. p. 1538See ZYMOMETER.Zūr'lite, n. p. 1538(Min.) The same as MELLILITE, q. v.Zȳg'a-dite, n. p. 1538(Min.) A mineral of a red or yellowish-white color, and feebly transparent, containing silica, alumina, and lithia. Dana.Zȳg'a-pŏph'y-sis, n. p. 1538See VERTEBRA.Zȳg′o-dăc-tyl′ic or Zȳg′o-dăc-tyl-oŭs, a. p. 1538Having the toes disposed in pairs; — applied to an order of birds which have the feet furnished with two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, woodpecker, &c. Partington.Zȳ-gō'mă, n. p. 1538(Anat.) The cheek-bone. Dunglison.Zȳ'g'o-măt'ic, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, the bony arch placed in man upon the side of the head, back of the cheeks, and extending from the prominence of the cheeks to the ear. Zygomatic arch, a bony bridge formed by…Zȳ'mo-lōğ'ie-al, a. p. 1538Of, or pertaining to, zymology. [Written also zumological.]Zȳ-mŏl'o-gĭst, n. p. 1538One who is skilled in zymology, or in the fermentation of liquors. [Written also zumologist.]Zȳ-mŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1538A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation. [Written also zumology.]Zȳ-mŏm'e-ter or Zȳ'mo-sim'e-ter, n. p. 1538An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation. [Written also zumometer…Zȳ-mō'sis, n. p. 1538(Med.) A zymotic disease. [Rare.] Dunglison.Zȳ-mŏt'ic, a. p. 1538Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation. Zymotic disease (Med.), any epidemic, endemic, contagious, or sporadic affection which is produced by some morbific principle acting on the system like…Zȳ-thēp'sa-ry, n. p. 1538A brewery, or brew-house. [Obs. or rare.]