ZOPILOTE, z[=o]-pi-l[=o]'te, _n._ one of the smaller American vultures, the
turkey-buzzard, an urubu.--Also _Tzopilotl_. [Mex.]
ZOPISSA, z[=o]-pis'a, _n._ an old medicinal mixture of pitch and tar
scraped from the sides of ships. [Gr. _z[=o]pissa_.]
ZOPPO, tsop'p[=o], _adj._ (_mus._) alternately with and without
syncopation. [It.]
ZORGITE, zor'g[=i]t, _n._ a metallic copper-lead selenide, found at
_Zorge_, in the Harz Mountains.
ZORIL, ZORILLE, zor'il, _n._ an African skunk-like carnivore: an American
skunk.--_n._ ZORIL'LA, a genus of African skunk-like quadrupeds,
representing the _Zorillinæ_, an African subfamily of _Mustelidæ_. [Fr.
_zorille_--Sp. _zorilla_, dim. of _zorra_, a fox.]
ZOROASTRIANISM, zor-[=o]-as'tri-an-izm, _n._ the ancient religion founded
or reformed by _Zoroaster_--the Greek pronunciation of Zarathushtra--set
forth in the _Zend-Avesta_ (q.v.), and still held by the Guebres and
Parsees in India.--_n._ and _adj._ ZOROAS'TRIAN.
ZORRA, zor'a, _n._ a South American skunk.--Also ZORRINO (zo-r[=e]'n[=o]).
[Sp.]