zoogyroscopehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoogyroscope_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoogyroscope, n.
Revised 2017

zoogyroscopenoun

Now historical.
  1. 1880–
    A modified form of zoetrope used to project a series of photographic images of animals or other subjects in order to display their movement; cf. zoopraxiscope n.
    1. 1880
      The various movements of horses, dogs, oxen, deer, etc.: and of men running, leaping, wrestling, turning somersaults, etc. will be exhibited by means of the oxyhydrogen light, and the Zoogyroscope, in apparent actual motion, on the screen.
      Daily Evening Bulletin (San Francisco) 3 May 4/5
    2. 1975
      Zoogyroscope images were attained by means of sequential transparent images placed around the rim of rotating glass disks and projected rapidly in succession onto a screen, reconstituting living movement.
      Calif. Hist. Quarterly vol. 54 125
    3. 1999
      At the turn of the 19th century, cinema emerged from a host of wannabe technologies, including the zoogyroscope, electro-tachyscope, biophantascope and vitamotograph.
      New Scientist 23 October 42/1

zoogyroscope, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoogyroscope, n. was last modified in June 2025.