zygaenahttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zygaena_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezygaena, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zygaenanoun

Zoology.
    1. a.
      1717–
      Ichthyology. A fish of the genus formerly so named (now Sphyrna), comprising the hammerheaded sharks.
      1. 1717
        The Zygæna or Ballance Fish, as large as the Saw Fish.
        T. Robinson in Philosophical Transactions 1714–16 (Royal Society) vol. 29 479
      2. 1774
        The Dog Fish,..the Zygæna, the Tope, the Cat Fish.
        O. Goldsmith, History of Earth vol. VI. 236
    2. b.
      Entomology. A genus of moths (also called Anthrocera), comprising the burnet-moths.

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

zygaena, n. was last modified in December 2024.