First published 1921; not fully revised
zoanthidanadjective
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What does the adjective zoanthidan mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoanthidan. 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 adjective zoanthidan come from?
Earliest known use
1880s
The earliest known use of the adjective zoanthidan is in the 1880s.
OED's only evidence for zoanthidan is from 1888, in a text by George Rolleston, physician and physiologist, and W. Hatchett Jackson.
Nearby entries
- Z'life, n.1689
- Z line, n.1916–
- Z-list, n. & adj.1979–
- Z-lister, n.1999–
- zloty, n.1915–
- Zn, n.1814–
- -zoa, comb. form
- -zoan, comb. form
- zoantharian, adj. & n.1887–
- zoanthid, n.1870–
- zoanthidan, adj.1888–
- zoanthodeme, n.1877–
- zoanthoid, adj.1854–
- zoanthropic, adj.1891–
- zoanthropy, n.1856–
- zoanthus, n.1841–
- zoarial, adj.1896–
- zoarium, n.1880–
- zob, n.1911–
- zocalo, n.1884–
- zocco, n.1664–1723
Meaning & use
Zoology.
- 1888–Stressed as zoˈanthidan.
- 1888
A pair [of mesenteries] of the typical Zoanthidan structure.
G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson, Forms of Animal Life (ed. 2) 736