zoophytological, adj.

zoophytological
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Revised 2017

# zoophytologicaladjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zoophytological mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoophytological. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

### How common is the adjective zoophytological?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1850 | 0.0008
1860 | 0.0008
1870 | 0.0007
1880 | 0.0006
1890 | 0.0006
1900 | 0.0006
1910 | 0.0004
1920 | 0.0002
1930 | 0.00009
1940 | 0.00008
1950 | 0.00009
1960 | 0.00006
1970 | 0.00005
1980 | 0.00002
1990 | 0.00002
2000 | 0.00002
2010 | 0.00003

### Where does the adjective zoophytological come from?

Earliest known use

1820s

The earliest known use of the adjective zoophytological is in the 1820s.

OED's earliest evidence for zoophytological is from 1823, in Lit. Chron. & Weekly Review.

### Nearby entries

1. zoophysics, n. 1887–
2. zoophysiology, n. 1803–
3. zoophytal, adj. 1756–
4. zoophyte, n. 1606–
5. zoophytic, adj. 1808–
6. zoophytical, adj. 1779–
7. zoophytish, adj. 1854–80
8. zoophytist, n. 1814–62
9. zoophytography, n. 1735–1905
10. zoophytoid, adj. 1854–83
11. zoophytological, adj.1823–
12. zoophytologist, n. 1835–
13. zoophytology, n. 1815–
14. zoophyton, n. 1601–
15. zooplankter, n. 1935–
16. zooplanktivore, n. 1972–
17. zooplanktivorous, adj. 1971–
18. zooplankton, n. 1897–
19. zooplanktonic, adj. 1912–
20. zooplastic, adj. a1855–
21. zoopraxinoscope, n. 1889–

## Meaning & use

Now rare.

1. 1823–
   Of or relating to zoophytology.
   In quot. 1823, used in error to refer to the Swedish university society Zoophytolithiska sällskapet.
   Stressed as ˌzoophytoˈlogical.
   1. 1823

      > The Zoophytological Society, founded by Afzelius, at Upsala, in 1802.

      Lit. Chron. & Weekly Review 31 May 348/1
   2. 1860

      > This is an important addition to the British Zoophytological Fauna; and it is curious that so large and well-marked a species should have hitherto escaped recognition.

      Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science vol. 8 124
   3. 1999

      > Information based on an analysis of problems of characteristic sites as well as certain zoophytological samplings and the results of soundings and fish inventories.

      J. Arrignon, Management Freshwater Fisheries iv. 164
   life sciences
   1. zoophytological 1823–
      Of or relating to zoophytology.
   2. parasitological 1890–
      Of or relating to parasitology.
   3. planktological 1913–
      Of or relating to planktology.
   4. planktonological 1914–
      = planktological, adj.
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## Frequency

zoophytological typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zoophytological is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zoophytological, adj., 1850–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
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1850 | 0.0008
1860 | 0.0008
1870 | 0.0007
1880 | 0.0006
1890 | 0.0006
1900 | 0.0006
1910 | 0.0004
1920 | 0.0002
1930 | 0.00009
1940 | 0.00008
1950 | 0.00009
1960 | 0.00006
1970 | 0.00005
1980 | 0.00002
1990 | 0.00002
2000 | 0.00002
2010 | 0.00003

Originally published as part of the entry for zoophytology, n.

zoophytology, n. was revised in June 2017.