zoanthid, n.

zoanthid
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zoanthidnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zoanthid mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoanthid. 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.

### How common is the noun zoanthid?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1890 | 0.0011
1900 | 0.0009
1910 | 0.0019
1920 | 0.0019
1930 | 0.0021
1940 | 0.0031
1950 | 0.0046
1960 | 0.0065
1970 | 0.0076
1980 | 0.0077
1990 | 0.0087
2000 | 0.0099
2010 | 0.0099

### Where does the noun zoanthid come from?

Earliest known use

1870s

The earliest known use of the noun zoanthid is in the 1870s.

OED's only evidence for zoanthid is from 1870, in the writing of Henry Nicholson, biologist and geologist.

### Nearby entries

1. Zlid, n. 1616–1785
2. Z'life, n. 1689
3. Z line, n. 1916–
4. Z-list, n. & adj. 1979–
5. Z-lister, n. 1999–
6. zloty, n. 1915–
7. Zn, n. 1814–
8. -zoa, comb. form
9. -zoan, comb. form
10. zoantharian, adj. & n. 1887–
11. zoanthid, n.1870–
12. zoanthidan, adj. 1888–
13. zoanthodeme, n. 1877–
14. zoanthoid, adj. 1854–
15. zoanthropic, adj. 1891–
16. zoanthropy, n. 1856–
17. zoanthus, n. 1841–
18. zoarial, adj. 1896–
19. zoarium, n. 1880–
20. zob, n. 1911–
21. zocalo, n. 1884–

## Meaning & use

Zoology.

1. 1870–
   A member of the family Zoanthidæ of zoantharians, typified by the genus Zoanthus.
   Stressed as zoˈanthid.
   1. 1870

      > Structures supposed to be gills are developed in some Zoanthids on either side of the primary mesenteries.

      H. A. Nicholson, Manual of Zoology (1875) xiii. 132
   invertebrates
   1. zoanthid 1870–
      A member of the family Zoanthidæ of zoantharians, typified by the genus Zoanthus.
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## Frequency

zoanthid typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zoanthid is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zoanthid, n., 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 | 0.0011
1900 | 0.0009
1910 | 0.0019
1920 | 0.0019
1930 | 0.0021
1940 | 0.0031
1950 | 0.0046
1960 | 0.0065
1970 | 0.0076
1980 | 0.0077
1990 | 0.0087
2000 | 0.0099
2010 | 0.0099

Originally published as part of the entry for zoantharian, adj. & n.

zoantharian, adj. & n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.