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Zoöphite

Noun

1. (Rare): A zoöphyte

Zoöphoric

Etymology

Greek; an animal + to bear; compare French zoophorique

Adjective

1. Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal; as, a zoöphoric column.

Zoöphorous

Etymology

Latin, from Greek . See zoöphoric

Noun

1. (Ancient Architecture): The part between the architrave and cornice ; the frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.

Zoöphyta

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek an animal + a plant

Plural noun

1. (Zoölogy): An extensive artificial and heterogeneous group of animals, formerly adopted by many zoölogists. It included the coelenterates , echinoderms , sponges , Bryozoa , Protozoa, etc. #:Note: Sometimes the name is restricted to the Coelentera, or to the Anthozoa

Zoöphyte

Etymology

French zoophyte , Greek; an animal + plant, akin to to be born, to be. See Zodiac, and be

Noun

1. (Zoölogy): Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians , sea anemones , hydroids , bryozoans , sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids
2. (Zoölogy): Any one of the Zoöphyta.

Zoöphytic

Variant

Zoöphytical ==

Etymology

Compare French zoophytique

Adjective

1. (Zoölogy) Of or pertaining to zoöphytes

Zoöphytoid

Etymology

Zoöphyte + -oid

Adjective

1. (Zoölogy): Pertaining to, or resembling, a zoöphyte

Zoöphytological

Etymology

Compare French zoophytologique

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to zoöphytology ; as, zoöphytological observations.

Zoöphytology

Etymology

Zoöphyte + -logy: compare French zoophytologie

Noun

1. The natural history zoöphytes .

Zoöpraxiscope

Etymology

Zoö- + Greek a doing, an acting (from to do) + -scope

Noun

1. An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope , by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like.

Zoöpsychology

Etymology

Zoö- + psychology

Noun

1. Animal psychology.

Zoösperm

Etymology

Zoö- + sperm

Noun

1. (Biology): One of the spermatic particles; spermatozoid .

Zoösporangium

Etymology

New Latin. See Zoö- , and sporangium

Noun

Plural: Zoösporangia

1. (Botany): A spore, or conceptacle containing zoöspores .

Zoöspore

Etymology

Zoö- + spore

Noun

1. (Botany): A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoöspores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algae. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoöspores and the smaller microzoöspores. Called also sporozoid , and swarmspore .
2. (Zoölogy): See swarmspore

Zoösporic

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to zoöspores; of the nature of zoöspores.

Zoötic

Etymology

Greek an animal

Adjective

1. Containing the remains of organized bodies; -- said of rock or soil.

Zoötomical

Etymology

Compare French zootomique

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to zoötomy.

Zoötomist

Etymology

Compare French zootomiste

Noun

One who dissects animals, or is skilled in zoötomy.

Zoötomy

Etymology

zoö- + Greek to cut: compare French zootomie

Noun

1. The dissection or the anatomy of animals; -- distinguished from androtomy .

Zoötrophic

Etymology

Greek. See zoö- , and trophic

Adjective

1. (Physiologyy): Of or pertaining to the nourishment of animals.

Zoozoo

Etymology

Of imitative origin

Noun

1. (Zoölogy), (Provincial England): The wood pigeon

Zope

Etymology

German

Noun

1. (Zoölogy): A European fresh-water bream (Abramis ballerus )

Zopilote

Etymology

Spanish

Noun

1. (Zoölogy): The urubu , or American black vulture

Zoril

Noun

1. (Zoölogy): Same as zorilla

Zorilla

===Variants]] zoril , zorille

Etymology

Spanish zorilla, zorillo , diminutive of zorra , zorro , a fox: compare French zorille

Noun

1. (Zoölogy): Either one of two species of small African carnivores of the genus Ictonyx allied to the weasels and skunks.

   Note: The best-known species (Ictonyx zorilla ) has black shiny fur with white bands and spots. It has anal glands which produce a very offensive secretion, similar to that of the skunk. It feeds upon birds and their eggs and upon small mammals, and is often very destructive to poultry. It is sometimes tamed by the natives, and kept to destroy rats and mice. Called also mariput , Cape polecat , and African polecat . The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the American skunk.

Zoroastrian

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to Zoroaster , or his religious system.

Noun

1. A follower of Zoroaster; one who accepts Zoroastrianism.

Zoroastrianism

Noun

1. The religious system of Zoroaster , the legislator and prophet of the ancient Persians, which was the national faith of Persia; mazdeism . The system presupposes a good spirit (Ormuzd ) and an opposing evil spirit (Ahriman ). Compare Fire worship, under fire, and Parsee .

Zoroastrism

Noun

1. Same as Zoroastrianism - Tylor

Zoster

Etymology

Latin, from Greek girdle, zoster. See zone

Noun

1. (Medicine): Shingles.

Zostera

Etymology

New Latin

Noun

1. (Botany): A genus of plants of the Naiadaceae , or Pondweed family. Zostera marina is commonly known as sea wrack , and eelgrass .

Zosterops

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek girdle + the eye

Noun

1. (Zoölogy): A genus of birds that comprises the white-eyes

Zouave

Etymology

French, from Arabic Zouaoua a tribe of Kabyles living among the Jurjura mountains in Algeria

Noun

1. (Military): 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
2. (Military): Hence, one of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War, 1861-65.

Zoutch

Transitive verb

1. (Cookery): To stew, as flounders, eels, etc., with just enough liquid to cover them. - Smart

Zubr

Etymology

Polish ubr

Noun

1. (Zoölogy): The aurochs

Zuche

Noun

1. A stump of a tree - Cowell

Zufolo

Variant

zuffolo

Etymology

Italian

Noun

1. (Music): A little flute or flageolet , especially that which is used to teach birds.

Zuisin

Noun

1. (Zoölogy), (United States, local): The American widgeon

Zulus

Plural noun

Singular: Zulu

1. (Ethnology) The most important tribe belonging to the Kaffir race. They inhabit a region on the southeast coast of Africa, but formerly occupied a much more extensive country. They are noted for their warlike disposition, courage, and military skill.

   Note: This definition from the 1913 Webster would now be seen as derogatory

Zumbooruk

Etymology

Turkish and Arabic zambrak , from Arabic zambr a hornet

Noun

1. (Military): A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East.

Zumic , a., Zumological , a., Zumology , n., Zumometer

1. See Zymic, Zymological, etc.

Zuñis

Plural noun

Singular: Zuñi

1. (Ethnology): A tribe of Pueblo Indians occupying a village in New Mexico, on the Zuñi River.

Zunyite

Noun

1. (Mineralogy): A fluosilicate of alumina occurring in tetrahedral crystals at the Zuñi mine in Colorado.

Zwanziger

Etymology

German

Noun

1. An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers , or about 10 cents.

Zygantrum

Etymology

Greek a yoke + a cave, hole

Noun

Plural: Zygantra

1. (Anatomy): See under Zygosphene.

Zygenid

Etymology

Compare Greek, probably the hammer-headed shark

Noun and adjective

1. (Zoölogy): Any one of numerous species of moths of the family Zygaenidae , most of which are bright colored. The wood nymph and the vine forester are examples

Zygobranchia

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek a yoke + a gill

Plural noun

1. (Zoölogy): An obsolete division of marine gastropods in which the gills are developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are also paired. The abalone (Haliotis ) and the keyhole limpet (Fissurella ) are examples.

Zygobranchiate

Adjective

1. (Zoölogy): Of or pertaining to the Zygobranchia

Zygodactyl , Zygodactyle

Etymology

See Zygodactylic

Noun

1. (Zoölogy): Any zygodactylous bird.

Zygodactylae

Etymology

New Latin

Plural noun

1. (Zoölogy): The zygodactylous birds. In a restricted sense applied to a division of birds which includes the barbets , toucans, honey guides , and other related birds.

Zygodactyli

Etymology

New Latin

Plural noun

1. (Zoölogy): Same as Scansores

Zygodactylic , Zygodactylous

Etymology

Greek a yoke, pair + finger, toe. Compare French zygodactyle

Adjective

(Zoölogy): Yoke-footed; having the toes disposed in pairs; -- applied to birds which have two toes before and two behind, as the parrot, cuckoo, woodpecker, etc.

Zygoma

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek, from to yoke, a yoke

Noun

1. (Anatomy): The jugal, malar, or cheek bone
2. (Anatomy): The zygomatic process of the temporal bone
3. (Anatomy): The whole zygomatic arch.

Zygomatic

Etymology

Compare French zygomatique

Adjective

1. (Anatomy): Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma

Derived expressions

• Zygomatic arch: the arch of bone beneath the orbit, formed in most mammals by the union of the malar, or jugal, with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone. In the lower vertebrates other bones may help to form it, and there may be two arches on each side of the skull, as in some reptiles
• Zygomatic process: a process of the temporal or squamosal bone helping to form the zygomatic arch.

Zygomorphic , Zygomorphous

Etymology

Greek a yoke + form

Adjective

1. (Biology): Symmetrical bilaterally; -- said of organisms, or parts of organisms, capable of division into two symmetrical halves only in a single plane.

Zyophyte

Etymology

Greek a yoke + a plant

Noun

1. (Botany): Any plant of a formerly proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells. Compare oöphyte

Zygosis

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek balancing, from yoke

Noun

1. (Biology): Same as conjugation

Zygosperm

Etymology

Greek a yoke + English sperm

Noun

1. (Botany): A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. Zygosperms are found in certain orders of algae and fungi

Zygosphene

Etymology

Greek a yoke + a wedge

Noun

1. (Anatomy): A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa , called the zygantrum , on the back part of the arch in front.

Zygospore

Etymology

Greek a yoke + English spore

Noun

1. (Botany): Same as zygosperm
2. (Botany): A spore formed by the union of several zoöspores ; -- called also zygozoöspore .

Zylonite

Etymology

Greek wood

Noun

1. Celluloid

Zymase

Etymology

From zyme

Noun

1. (Physiological Chemistry): A soluble ferment , or enzyme.

Zyme

Etymology

Greek leaven

Noun

1. A ferment.
2. (Medicine): The morbific principle of a zymotic disease. - Quain

Zymic

Adjective

1. (Old Chemistry): Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation; -- formerly, by confusion, used to designate lactic acid.

Zymogen

Etymology

Zyme + -gen

Noun

1. (Physiological Chemistry): A mother substance, or antecedent, of an enzyme or chemical ferment; -- applied to such substances as, not being themselves actual ferments, may by internal changes give rise to a ferment.

   Quotations

   • The pancreas contains but little ready-made ferment, though there is present in it a body, zymogen, which gives birth to the ferment. - Foster

Zymogene

Etymology

Zyme + root of Greek to be born

Noun

1. (Biology) One of a physiological group of globular bacteria which produces fermentations of diverse nature; -- distinguished from pathogene

Zymogenic

Adjective

1. (Biology): Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene
2. (Biology): Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment.

Derived expressions

Zymogenic organism, (Biology): a microörganism, such as the yeast plant of the Bacterium lactis, which sets up certain fermentative processes by which definite chemical products are formed; -- distinguished from a pathogenic organism. Compare Micrococcus

Zymologic , Zymological

Etymology

Compare French zymologique

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to zymology

Zymologist

Noun

1. One who is skilled in zymology, or in the fermentation of liquors.

Zymology

Variant

Zumology

Etymology

Zyme + -logy: compare French ‘’zymologie ’’

Noun

1. A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.

Zymome

Etymology

Greek a fermented mixture

Noun

1. (Old Chemistry): A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin; -- now called vegetable fibrin, vegetable albumin, or gluten casein.

Zymometer , Zymosimeter

Etymology

Greek ferment, or fermentation + -meter : compare French zymosimètre

Noun

1. An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.

Zymophyte

Etymology

zyme + Greek a plant

Noun

1. (Physiological Chemistry): A bacteroid ferment

Zymose

Noun

1. (Chemistry): Invertin

Zymosis

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek fermentation, from ferment

Noun

1. (Medicine): A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.
2. (Medicine), (Rare): A zymotic disease

Zymotic

Etymology

Greek causing to ferment, from to ferment, ferment, leaven

Adjective

1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.
2. (Medicine): Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases

Derived expression

• Zymotic disease, (Medicine): any epidemic, endemic, contagious, or sporadic affection which is produced by some morbific principle or organism acting on the system like a ferment -- now infectious disease

Zythem

Noun

1. See zythum

Zythepsary

Etymology

Greek a kind of beer + to boil

Noun

1. (Rare): A brewery

Zythum

Variant

zythem

Etymology

Latin, from Greek a kind of beer; -- so called by the Egyptians

Noun

1. A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat