zootokon, n.

zootokon
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Revised 2017

# † zootokonnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zootokon mean?

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

This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the mid 1600s.

### Where does the noun zootokon come from?

Earliest known use

mid 1600s

The only known use of the noun zootokon is in the mid 1600s.

OED's only evidence for zootokon is from 1661, in the writing of Robert Lovell, naturalist.

zootokon is a borrowing from Greek.

Etymons: Greek ζωοτόκον, ζωοτόκος.

### Nearby entries

1. zootechnic, adj. 1861–
2. zootechnics, n. 1863–
3. zootechny, n. 1841–
4. zootheca, n. 1852–
5. zoothecium, n. 1880–
6. zootheism, n. 1879–
7. zootheist, n. 1879–
8. zootheistic, adj. 1879–
9. zoothome, n. 1872–
10. zootic, adj. 1816–
11. zootokon, n.1661
12. zootomic, adj. 1801–
13. zootomical, adj. 1799–
14. zootomically, adv. 1849–
15. zootomist, n. 1663–
16. zootomy, n. 1663–
17. zootoxin, n. 1906–
18. zootrophy, n. 1877–
19. zoot suit, n. 1942–
20. zoot-suited, adj. 1942–
21. zoot-suiter, n. 1942–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Greek.
Etymons: Greek ζωοτόκον, ζωοτόκος.
< ancient Greek ζωοτόκον, neuter of ζωοτόκος viviparous (Aristotle) < ζωο- zoo- comb. form + ‑τόκος (see toco- comb. form).

Compare post-classical Latin zootokon (13th cent. in a translation of Aristotle), zootocon (1513 or…
< ancient Greek ζωοτόκον, neuter of ζωοτόκος viviparous (Aristotle) < ζωο- zoo- comb. form + ‑τόκος (see toco- comb. form).

Compare post-classical Latin zootokon (13th cent. in a translation of Aristotle), zootocon (1513 or earlier).

Compare viviparous adj.

## Meaning & use

Obsolete. rare.

1. 1661
   A viviparous animal.
   1. 1661

      > They [sc. bats] are zootokons, only, amongst all flying creatures, and bring forth in holes, two young ones at a time.

      R. Lovell, Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 132
   animals
   1. zootokon 1661
      A viviparous animal.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zootokon, n. was revised in June 2017.

zootokon, n. was last modified in July 2023.