Zo`ö*mel"a*nin (?), n. [Zoö- + melanin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A pigment giving the black color to the feathers of many birds.
Zo`ö*mor"phic (?), a. [Zoö- + Gr. &?; form.] Of or pertaining to zoömorphism.
Zo`ö*mor"phism (?), n. 1. The transformation of men into beasts. [R.] Smart.
2. The quality of representing or using animal forms; as, zoömorphism in ornament.
3. The representation of God, or of gods, in the form, or with the attributes, of the lower animals.
To avoid the error of anthropomorphism, we fall into the vastly greater, and more absurd, error of zoömorphism.
Mivart.
||Zo"ön (?), n.; pl. Zoa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal.] (Zoöl.) (a) An animal which is the sole product of a single egg; -- opposed to zooid. H. Spencer. (b) Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.
Zo*ön"ic (?), a. [Gr. zw^,on an animal: cf. F. zoonique.] Of or pertaining to animals; obtained from animal substances.
Zo"ö*nite (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal. (b) One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal.
Zo*ön"o*my (?), n. [Zoö- + Gr. &?; a law: cf. F. zoonomie.] The laws of animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.
Zo"ö*nule (?), n. [Dim. fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal.] (Zoöl.) Same as Zoönite.
Zo`ö*pa*thol"o*gy (?), n. [Zoö- + pathology.] Animal pathology.
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||Zo*öph"a*ga (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; animal + &?; to eat.] (Zoöl.) An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.
Zo*öph"a*gan (?), n. (Zoöl.) A animal that feeds on animal food.
Zo*öph"a*gous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; zw^,on an animal + &?; to eat.] Feeding on animals.
This is a more general term than either sarcophagous or carnivorous.
Zo*öph"i*list (?), n. [Zoö- + Gr. &?; to love.] A lover of animals. Southey.
Zo*öph"i*ly (?), n. Love of animals.