zygonhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zygon_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezygon, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zygonnoun

  1. 1.
    1886–
    Anatomy. The bar or stem connecting the two branches of an H-shaped fissure (zygal fissure) of the brain.
    1. 1886
      If..the zygon is the principal, central, and primary constituent of a fissural integer, the paroccipital.
      B. G. Wilder in Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease vol. 13 310
  2. 2.
    1888–
    Ancient Greek History. A cross-bench or thwart for rowers.
    1. 1888
      When..vessels were expressly built as triremes, we may imagine..the benches or zyga would be a little raised.
      W. B. Woodgate, Boating (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) i. 17

zygon, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zygon, n. was last modified in December 2024.