zoogeographicadjective
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What does the adjective zoogeographic mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoogeographic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the adjective zoogeographic?
| 1890 | 0.0072 |
| 1900 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 0.013 |
| 1920 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 0.036 |
| 1940 | 0.043 |
| 1950 | 0.049 |
| 1960 | 0.052 |
| 1970 | 0.052 |
| 1980 | 0.051 |
| 1990 | 0.038 |
| 2000 | 0.037 |
| 2010 | 0.033 |
How is the adjective zoogeographic pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the adjective zoogeographic come from?
Earliest known use
1870s
The earliest known use of the adjective zoogeographic is in the 1870s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoogeographic is from 1875, in App. Rep. President Queen's Coll., Belfast.
zoogeographic is formed within English, by compounding.
Etymons: zoo- comb. form, geographic adj.
Nearby entries
- zooecium, n.1871–
- zooerythrin, n.1871–
- zooflagellate, n. & adj.1911–
- zooful, n.1914–
- zoofulvin, n.1871–
- zoogamete, n.1879–
- zoogene, n.1820–69
- zoogenic, adj.1842–
- zoogeny, n.1826–
- zoogeographer, n.1868–
- zoogeographic, adj.1875–
- zoogeographical, adj.1864–
- zoogeographically, adv.1883–
- zoogeography, n.1851–
- zoogeological, adj.1841–
- zoogeologist, n.1844–
- zoogeology, n.1838–
- zoogloea, n.1861–
- zoogloeal, adj.1879–
- zoogloeic, adj.1883–
- zoogonic, adj.1787–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1875–Of or relating to zoogeography; = zoogeographical adj.
- 1875
Give the names and limits of the terrestrial zoogeographic regions described in the lectures.
App. Rep. President Queen's Coll., Belfast 70 in Rep. Commissioners vol. XI - 1907
Zoögeographic works in all points confirm the conclusions.
Journal of Geology (Chicago) vol. 15 296 - 1971
The largest zoogeographic group so far recovered..is found in the southern shallow waters of the Florida-Halteras slope.
Nature 9 July 88/1 - 2015
For fauna at least New Zealand and Australia can be grouped together into their own exclusive zoogeographic region.
A. Stow et al., Austral Ark Introduction p. xv
- zoochemical1844–a. adj. Of or relating to zoochemistry (now rare); b. n.any of various types of biologically active compound found in animals or their products…
- palaeozoological1866–Of or relating to palaeozoology.
- zoophysical1868–†a. Of or relating to a life force or vital force; of or relating to animal magnetism (obsolete); b. of or relating to zoophysics (now rare).
- zoogeographic1875–Of or relating to zoogeography; = zoogeographical, adj.
- ethological1880–Zoology. Of or relating to the science of ethology (ethology, n. 4).
- faunological1884–Of or pertaining to faunology.
- marine zoological1885–Of or relating to marine zoology.
- zoometric1892–Of or relating to zoometry.
- neontological1896–Of or relating to neontology.
- zoomechanical1897Of or relating to zoomechanics.
- zoographic1829–Of or relating to the description of animals and their characteristics. In later use esp.: of or relating to (the study of) the geographical…
- zoogeographical1864–Of or relating to zoogeography; = zoogeographic, adj.
- zoogeographic1875–Of or relating to zoogeography; = zoogeographical, adj.
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Forms
Variant forms
- 1800s–zoogeographic, zoögeographic
Frequency
zoogeographic typically occurs about 0.04 times per million words in modern written English.
zoogeographic is in frequency band 3, which contains words occurring between 0.01 and 0.1 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zoogeographic, adj., 1890–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1890 | 0.0072 |
| 1900 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 0.013 |
| 1920 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 0.036 |
| 1940 | 0.043 |
| 1950 | 0.049 |
| 1960 | 0.052 |
| 1970 | 0.052 |
| 1980 | 0.051 |
| 1990 | 0.038 |
| 2000 | 0.037 |
| 2010 | 0.033 |
Compounds & derived words
- Of or relating to palaeozoogeography.