ZOETROPE, z[=o]'e-tr[=o]p, _n._ a scientific toy by which several pictures
of objects or persons in various positions are combined into one visual
impression, so as to give the appearance of movement or life--the
_Thaumatrope_ and _Praxinoscope_ are variations.--_adj._ ZOETROP'IC. [Gr.
_z[=o][=e]_, life, _tropos_, a turning--_trepein_, to turn.]
ZOIATRIA, z[=o]-i-at'ri-a, _n._ veterinary surgery. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an
animal, _iatreia_, healing.]
ZOIC, z[=o]'ik, _adj._ pertaining to animals: containing evidences of life
in fossils--of rocks. [Gr. _z[=o]ikos_, of animals--_z[=o]on_, an animal.]
ZOILISM, z[=o]'i-lizm, _n._ carping and unjust criticism.--_adj._
ZOIL'[=E]AN, characteristic of _Zoilus_, a Greek grammarian who flourished
in the time of Philip of Macedon, and assailed Homer with such asperity
that his name became proverbial for a captious and malignant critic.--_n._
Z[=O]'ILIST, a carping critic.
ZOISITE, zoi's[=i]t, _n._ a mineral closely allied to epidote. [Baron von
_Zois_.]
ZOISM, z[=o]'izm, _n._ the doctrine that life originates from a specific
principle.--_n._ Z[=O]'IST, one who maintains this theory. [Gr.
_z[=o][=e]_, life.]
ZOLAISM, z[=o]'la-izm, _n._ the literary principles and practice of the
industrious French novelist Emile _Zola_ (1840-1902)--an attempt at a
so-called realism claimed to be a proper scientific view of human nature
and human life. In effect Zola's books are dull and dirty, and his realism
is not reality.
ZÖLLNER'S LINES, rows of parallel lines appearing to be not parallel
through the optical effect of oblique intersecting lines.--Also ZÖLLNER'S
PATTERN.
ZOLLVEREIN, zol've-r[=i]n, _n._ a union of the German states, under the
leadership of Prussia, so as to enable them in their commercial relations
with other countries to act as one state. [Ger.,--_zoll_, duty, _verein_,
union.]
ZONDA, zon'da, _n._ a dry, hot, and dusty wind blowing from the Andes in
the vicinity of San Juan, Argentine Republic, during July and August.
ZONE, z[=o]n, _n._ a girdle, a belt, a stripe of different colour or
substance round anything: one of the five great belts into which the
surface of the earth is divided: any continuous tract with particular
characteristics.--_v.t._ to encircle, as with a zone.--_n._ Z[=O]'NA, a
term in anatomy, &c., for a belt: herpes zoster.--_adjs._ Z[=O]'NAL, like a
zone, arranged in zones: pertaining to the somites of an articulate or
annulose animal; Z[=O]'NARY, resembling a belt or girdle; Z[=O]'NATE,
marked with zones, belted; ZONED, wearing a zone, having zones; ZONE'LESS,
wanting a zone or belt.--_n._ Z[=O]'NIC, a girdle.--_adjs._ ZONIF'EROUS,
zoned; Z[=O]'NOID, like a zone.--_n._ Z[=O]'NULA, a small zone.--_adj._
Z[=O]'NULAR, like a zone or zonule.--_ns._ ZON'ULE, ZON'ULET, a little
girdle. [L. _zona_--Gr. _z[=o]n[=e]_, a girdle--_z[=o]nnynai_, to gird;
akin to _join_, _yoke_.]
ZONOTRICHIA, z[=o]-n[=o]-trik'i-a, _n._ a genus of American finches, the
crown-sparrows. [Gr. _z[=o]n[=e]_, a girdle, _thrix_, _trichos_, hair.]
ZONURUS, z[=o]-n[=u]'rus, _n._ the typical genus of _Zonuridæ_, a South
African family of lizards. [Gr. _z[=o]n[=e]_, a belt, _oura_, a tail.]
ZOO, z[=oo], _n._ the Zoological Gardens in London: any similar collection
of animals.
ZOOBLAST, z[=o]'[=o]-blast, _n._ an animal cell. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal,
_blastos_, a germ.]
ZOOCHEMISTRY, z[=o]-[=o]-kem'is-tri, _n._ the chemistry of the constituents
of the animal body.--_adj._ ZOOCHEM'ICAL. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal,
_chemistry_.]
ZOODYNAMICS, z[=o]-[=o]-d[=i]-nam'iks, _n._ the science that treats of the
vital powers of animals, animal physiology. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal,
_dynamics_.]
ZOOECIUM, z[=o]-[=e]'si-um, _n._ one of the cells forming the investment of
polyzoans:--_pl._ ZOOE'CIA. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _oikia_, a house.]
ZOOGAMOUS, z[=o]-og'a-mus, _adj._ pertaining to zoogamy.--_n._ ZOÖG'AMY,
sexual reproduction. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _gamos_, marriage.]
ZOOGENY, z[=o]-oj'e-ni, _n._ the doctrine or the process of the origination
of living beings--also ZOÖG'ONY.--_adj._ ZOOGEN'IC. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an
animal, _geneia_, production.]
ZOOGEOGRAPHY, z[=o]-[=o]-j[=e]-og'ra-fi, _n._ the science of the
distribution of animals on the surface of the globe, faunal
geography.--_n._ ZOOGEOG'RAPHER, a student of faunal geography.--_adjs._
ZOOGEOGRAPH'IC, -AL. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _geography_.]
ZOOGLOEA, z[=o]-[=o]-gl[=e]'a, _n._ the term applied to the resting,
motionless stage of the Bacteria, in which they are embedded in gelatinous
material.--_adjs._ ZOOGLOE'IC; ZOOGLOE'OID. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal,
_gloios_, a sticky substance.]
ZOOGRAFT, z[=o]'[=o]-graft, _n._ a piece of tissue taken from the living
body of an animal to supply a part wanting in the human body, by being
grafted on it. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _graft_.]
ZOOGRAPHY, z[=o]-og'ra-fi, _n._ descriptive zoology.--_n._
ZOÖG'RAPHER.--_adjs._ ZOOGRAPH'IC, -AL.--_n._ ZOÖG'RAPHIST. [Gr. _z[=o]on_,
an animal, _graphein_, to write.]
ZOOGYROSCOPE, z[=o]-[=o]-j[=i]'r[=o]-sk[=o]p, _n._ a development of the
zoetrope by means of which an appearance of an object in motion is thrown
on a screen. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _gyroscope_.]
ZOOID, z[=o]'oid, _adj._ having the nature of an animal, having organic
life and motion.--_n._ a term applied to each of the individuals which make
up a compound organism. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _eidos_, form.]
ZOOKS, z[=oo]ks, _interj._ a minced oath--same as GADZOOKS.
ZOOLATRY, z[=o]-ol'a-tri, _n._ the worship of animals.--_ns._ ZOÖL'ATER,
one who worships animals; ZOOL[=A]'TRIA, zoolatry.--_adj._ ZOÖL'ATROUS.
[Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _latreia_, worship.]
ZOOLITE, z[=o]'[=o]-l[=i]t, _n._ a fossil animal--also
Z[=O]'OLITH.--_adjs._ ZOOLITH'IC, ZOOLIT'IC. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal,
_lithos_, a stone.]
ZOOLOGY, z[=o]-ol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the science of animal life included along
with Botany within the science of Biology. The various departments of
zoological study are the _Morphological_, _Physiological_, _Historical_,
and the _Ætiological_.--_adj._ ZOOLOG'ICAL.--_adv._ ZOOLOG'ICALLY.--_n._
ZOOL'OGIST, one versed in zoology.--ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, a place where wild
animals are kept for public exhibition. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal,
_logia_--_legein_, to speak.]
ZOOMAGNETISM, z[=o]-[=o]-mag'ne-tizm, _n._ animal magnetism.--_adj._
ZOOMAGNET'IC. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _magnetism_.]
ZOOMANCY, z[=o]'[=o]-man-si, _n._ divination by observation of
animals.--_adj._ ZOOMAN'TIC. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _manteia_,
divination.]
ZOOMETRY, z[=o]-om'e-tri, _n._ comparative measurement of the parts of
animals.--_adj._ ZOOMET'RIC. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _metron_, a
measure.]
ZOOMORPHIC, z[=o]-[=o]-mor'fik, _adj._ pertaining to zoomorphism:
representing animals in art.--_n._ ZOOMOR'PHISM, the representation or the
conception of a god or a man in an animal form, the attributing of human or
of divine qualities to beings of animal form--also ZOOMOR'PHY. [Gr.
_z[=o]on_, an animal, _morph[=e]_, form.]
ZOON, z[=o]'on, _n._ a morphological individual, the total product of a
fertilised ovum:--_pl._ Z[=O]'A, Z[=O]'ONS.--_adjs._ Z[=O]'ONAL, like a
zoon; ZOÖN'IC, relating to animals.--_n._ Z[=O]'ONITE, one of the segments
of an articulated animal.--_adj._ ZOONIT'IC. [Gr.]
ZOONOMY, z[=o]-on'[=o]-mi, _n._ animal physiology--also
ZOON[=O]'MIA.--_adj._ ZOONOM'IC.--_n._ ZOÖN'OMIST. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an
animal, _nomos_, law.]
ZOONOSIS, z[=o]-on'[=o]-sis, _n._ a disease communicated to man from the
lower animals, as hydrophobia, &c.:--_pl._ ZOÖN'OS[=E]S. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an
animal, _nosos_, disease.]
ZOOPATHOLOGY, z[=o]-[=o]-pa-thol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the study of disease in
animals. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _pathology_.]
ZOOPATHY, z[=o]-op'a-thi, _n._ animal pathology. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal,
_pathos_, suffering.]
ZOOPHAGA, z[=o]-of'a-ga, _n.pl._ the carnivorous animals
collectively.--_n._ ZOÖPH'AGAN, a carnivorous animal.--_adj._ ZOÖPH'AGOUS.
[Gr. _z[=o]ophagos_, flesh-eating, _z[=o]on_, an animal, _phagein_, to
eat.]
ZOOPHILIST, z[=o]-of'il-ist, _n._ a lover of animals.--_n._ ZOÖPH'ILY, love
of animals. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _philos_, dear.]
ZOOPHORUS, z[=o]-of'[=o]-rus, _n._ a continuous frieze sculptured in relief
with figures of men and animals.--_adj._ ZOOPHOR'IC. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an
animal, _pherein_, to bear.]
ZOOPHYSICS, z[=o]-[=o]-fiz'iks, _n._ the study of the structure of animal
bodies, comparative anatomy. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _physics_.]
ZOOPHYTE, z[=o]'[=o]-f[=i]t, _n._ a term employed by Cuvier in his earlier
attempts at classification to designate numerous simple animals, sedentary
in habit, often with a superficial resemblance to plants--now restricted to
hydroid colonies.--_adjs._ ZOOPHYT'IC, -AL; ZOÖPH'YTOID;
ZOOPHYTOLOG'ICAL.--_ns._ ZOOPHYTOL'OGIST; ZOOPHYTOL'OGY; ZOÖPH'YTON:--_pl._
ZOÖPH'YTA. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _phyton_, a plant.]
ZOOPLASTIC, z[=o]-[=o]-plas'tik, _adj._ pertaining to the operation of
transplanting living tissue from one of the lower animals to man. [Gr.
_z[=o]on_, an animal, _plassein_, to form.]
ZOOPRAXINOSCOPE, z[=o]-[=o]-prak'si-n[=o]-sk[=o]p, _n._ a mechanical toy by
means of which images of animals are made to go through motions on a
screen. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _praxis_, doing, _skopein_, to view.]
ZOOPSYCHOLOGY, z[=o]-[=o]-s[=i]-kol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the psychology of the
lower animals. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _psychology_.]
ZOOSCOPY, z[=o]'[=o]-sk[=o]-pi, _n._ a form of mental delusion in which one
sees imaginary animals, esp. snakes.--_adj._ ZOOSCOP'IC. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an
animal, _skopein_, to view.]
ZOOSPERM, z[=o]'[=o]-sperm, _n._ the sperm-cell, or male seed-cell--also
ZOOSPER'MIUM.--_adj._ ZOOSPERMAT'IC. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _sperma_,
seed.]
ZOOSPORE, z[=o]'[=o]-sp[=o]r, _n._ a spore capable of moving
about.--_adjs._ ZOOSPOR'IC; ZOOSPORIF'EROUS. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal,
_spora_, a seed.]
ZOOTAXY, z[=o]'[=o]-tak-si, _n._ the science of the classification of
animals, systematic zoology. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _taxis_,
arrangement.]
ZOOTECHNY, z[=o]'[=o]-tek-ni, _n._ the science of the breeding and
domestication of animals.--Also ZOOTECH'NICS. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal,
_techn[=e]_, art.]
ZOOTHAPSIS, z[=o]-[=o]-thap'sis, _n._ premature burial. [Gr. _zoo-_,
living, _thaptein_, to bury.]
ZOOTHECIUM, z[=o]-[=o]-th[=e]'si-um, _n._ the tubular sheath of certain
infusorians.--_adj._ ZOOTH[=E]'CIAL. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal,
_th[=e]kion_, a casket.]
ZOOTHEISM, z[=o]'[=o]-th[=e]-izm, _n._ the attribution of divine qualities
to an animal.--_adj._ ZOOTHEIS'TIC. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _theism_.]
ZOOTHERAPY, z[=o]-[=o]-ther'a-pi, _n._ veterinary therapeutics. [Gr.
_z[=o]on_, an animal, _therapeia_, service.]
ZOOTOCOLOGY, z[=o]-[=o]-t[=o]-kol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the biology of animals.
[Gr. _z[=o]otokos_, viviparous, _legein_, to speak.]
ZOOTOMY, z[=o]-ot'[=o]-mi, _n._ the dissection of animals: comparative
anatomy.--_adjs._ ZOOTOM'IC, -AL.--_adv._ ZOOTOM'ICALLY.--_n._ ZOÖT'OMIST,
one who dissects the bodies of animals: an anatomist. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an
animal, _temnein_, to cut.]
ZOOTROPHIC, z[=o]-[=o]-trof'ik, _adj._ pertaining to the nourishment of
animals. [Gr. _z[=o]on_, an animal, _trophos_, food.]