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† zooniticadjective
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What does the adjective zoonitic mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoonitic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1890s.
Where does the adjective zoonitic come from?
Earliest known use
1860s
The earliest known use of the adjective zoonitic is in the 1860s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoonitic is from 1860, in the writing of T. Laycock.
Nearby entries
- zoon, n.1851–1905
- zoon, v.1880–
- zoon, int.1863–
- -zoon, comb. form
- zoonate, n.1798–1857
- zoonerythrin, n.1882–
- zoonic, adj.1798–1853
- zooning, n.1885–
- Zoonist, adj.1890–97
- zoonite, n.1838–
- zoonitic, adj.1860–91
- zoonomic, adj.1836–
- zoonomical, adj.1800–
- zoonomist, n.1800–99
- zoonomy, n.1800–
- zoonosis, n.1873–
- zoonosologist, n.1860–
- zoonosology, n.1845–
- zoonotic, adj.1877–
- zoon politikon, n.1895–
- zoonters, int.a1763–
Meaning & use
Obsolete rare. Zoology.
- 1860–91Of or relating to a zoonite or zoonites.
- 1860
Zoonitic Constitution of Vermes.
T. Laycock, Mind & Brain vol. II. Contents p. ix - 1891
Zoönitic, of or pertaining to a zoonite; somitic.
Century Dictionary
- insecta1658–76Having the body divided into segments; chiefly in insect animals = Latin animālia insecta: see insecta, n.
- zoonite1838–A body segment of an articulated or segmented animal, esp. such a segment regarded as a distinct organism; a metamere or somite. Cf. zonite, n.…
- segmental1854–Of, pertaining to, or composed of segments or divisions. In various applications (Anatomy, Biology, Acoustics, etc.). segmental apparatus, the…
- segmented1854–Anatomy, Zoology, etc. Consisting of segments or similar parts arranged in a longitudinal series.
- zoonitic1860–91Of or relating to a zoonite or zoonites.
- segmentate1875–Formed of segments, segmented.
- metamerized1878–Divided into metameric segments.
- somatomic1882–
- somitic1888–Of or pertaining to, having the form or character of, a somite.
- somital1890–Of or pertaining to a somite; somitic.