zygaenidan, n.

zygaenidan
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zygaenidannoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zygaenidan mean?

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

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### Where does the noun zygaenidan come from?

Earliest known use

1830s

The earliest known use of the noun zygaenidan is in the 1830s.

OED's only evidence for zygaenidan is from 1837, in the writing of William Kirby, entomologist and naturalist.

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11. zygaenidan, n.1837–
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16. zygite, n. 1888–
17. zygnemaceous, adj.
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20. zygo-, comb. form
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## Meaning & use

Zoology.

1. 1837–
   = zygaenid n.
   Stressed as zyˈgaenidan.
   1. 1837

      > Family Zygænidæ. Zygænidans.

      W. Kirby, Fauna Boreali-Americana vol. IV. 301
   insects
   1. zygaenidan 1837–
      = zygaenid, n.
   2. burnet-moth 1842–
   3. burnet-fly 1885–
      Anthrocera (or Zygaena) filipendulae a greenish black moth, with crimson spots on its wings.
   4. burnet 1921–
      In the names of species of moths belonging to the genus Zygaena; cf. burnet-moth, n.
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## Compounds & derived words

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1. -idan, suffix
   Forming a small number of nouns denoting, and…

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

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