zootypichttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zootypic_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezootypic, adj.
Revised 2017

zootypicadjective

  1. 1853–
    (Originally) of or relating to an animal form or type; (in later use) of or relating to a zootype (zootype n. (b)).
    1. 1853
      The Almighty has made a great proportion of the earth to consist of zootypic structures, but they were created, not propagated structures.
      Brief & Complete Refut. Anti-scriptural Theory Geologists 7
    2. 1897
      Out of this worm-form type..all the higher ranges of zootypic evolution have sprung.
      Annual Reports Smithsonian Inst. 454
    3. 1994
      It has been suggested that the stage at which HOM/Hox genes establish body pattern represents a zootypic stage for animals of many different phyla.
      Science 28 October 581/3
    4. 2003
      The evolutionary freedom of all developmental stages including early ones falsifies laws or rules..about..the concepts of phylotypic or zootypic stages.
      G. Scholtz, Evolutionary Developmental Biol. Crustacea Introduction 12

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.