Zone"less (?), a. Not having a zone; ungirded.
The reeling goddess with the zoneless waist.
Cowper.
In careless folds, loose fell her zoneless vest.
Mason.
Zon"nar (?), n. See Zonar.
Zon"u*lar (?), a. Of or pertaining to a zone; zone-shaped. "The zonular type of a placenta." Dana.
Zon"ule (?), n. A little zone, or girdle.
Zon"u*let (?), n. A zonule. Herrick.
Zon"ure (?), n. [Zone + Gr. &?; tail.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonura, common in rocky situations.
Zo"ö- (?). A combining form from Gr. zwo^,n an animal, as in zoögenic, zoölogy, etc.
Zo`ö*chem"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to zoöchemistry.
Zo`ö*chem"is*try (?), n. [Zoö- + chemistry.] Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.
Zo*öch"e*my (?), n. [Zoö- + Gr. &?; alchemy.] Animal chemistry; zoöchemistry. Dunglison.
||Zo`ö*chlo*rel"la (?), n. [NL., dim. from Gr. zw^,on an animal + &?; green.] (Zoöl.) One of the small green granulelike bodies found in the interior of certain stentors, hydras, and other invertebrates.
Zo"ö*cyst (?), n. [Zoö- + cyst.] (Biol.) A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of which becomes a germ.
||Zo`ö*cy"ti*um (?), n.; pl. Zoöcytia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal + &?; a hollow vessel.] (Zoöl.) The common support, often branched, of certain species of social Infusoria.
||Zo`ö*den"dri*um (?), n.; pl. Zoödendria (#). [NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal + &?; a tree.] (Zoöl.) The branched, and often treelike, support of the colonies of certain Infusoria.
||Zo*œ"ci*um (?), n.; pl. Zoœcia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal + &?; house.] (Zoöl.) One of the cells or tubes which inclose the feeling zooids of Bryozoa. See Illust. of Sea Moss.
Zo`ö*e*ryth"rine (?), n. [Zoö- + Gr. &?; red.] (Zoöl.) A peculiar organic red coloring matter found in the feathers of various birds.
Zo*ög"a*mous (?), a. [Zoö- + Gr. &?; marriage.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining zoögamy.
Zo*ög"a*my (?), n. (Biol.) The sexual reproduction of animals.
Zo`ö*gen"ic (?), a. [Zoö- + -gen + -ic: cf. Gr. &?; born of an animal.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to zoögeny, animal production.
{ Zo*ög"e*ny (?), Zo*ög"o*ny (?), } n. [Zoö- + root of Gr. &?; to be born, &?; offspring.] The doctrine of the formation of living beings.
Zo`ö*ge`o*graph"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to zoögraphy.
Zo`ö*ge*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Zoö- + geography.] The study or description of the geographical distribution of animals.
||Zo`ö*glœ"a (?), n. [NL., from Gr. zw^,on an animal + &?; any glutinous substance.] (Biol.) A colony or mass of bacteria imbedded in a viscous gelatinous substance. The zoöglœa is characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution. Also used adjectively.
Zo*ög"ra*pher (?), n. One who describes animals, their forms and habits.
{ Zo`ö*graph"ic (?), Zo`ö*graph"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. zoographique.] Of or pertaining to the description of animals.
Zo*ög"ra*phist (?), n. A zoögrapher.
Zo*ög"ra*phy (?), n. [Zoö- + -graphy: cf. F. zoographie.] A description of animals, their forms and habits.
Zo"oid (?), a. [Zoö- + - oid.] (Biol.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an animal.
Zo"oid, n. 1. (Biol.) An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozooid.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) An animal in one of its inferior stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation. (b) One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydroidea, and Bryozoa; -- sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.
Zo*oid"al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a zooid; as, a zooidal form.
Zo*öl"a*try (?), n. [Zoö- + Gr. &?; worship.] The worship of animals.
Zo*öl"o*ger (?), n. A zoölogist. Boyle.
Zo`ö*log"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. zoologique.] Of or pertaining to zoölogy, or the science of animals.
Zo`ö*log"ic*al*ly, adv. In a zoölogical manner; according to the principles of zoölogy.
Zo*öl"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. zoologiste.] One who is well versed in zoölogy.
Zo*öl"o*gy (?), n.; pl. Zoölogies (#). [Zoö- + - logy: cf. F. zoologie. See Zodiac.]
1. That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.