zooplanktivorous, adj.

zooplanktivorous
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First published 2017

# zooplanktivorousadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zooplanktivorous mean?

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

### How common is the adjective zooplanktivorous?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1970 | 0.006
1980 | 0.0064
1990 | 0.0064
2000 | 0.0064
2010 | 0.0079

### How is the adjective zooplanktivorous pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)plaŋ(k)ˈtɪv(ə)rəs/
zoo-oh-plank-TIV-uh-ruhss
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)plaŋ(k)ˈtɪv(ə)rəs/
zoh-oh-plank-TIV-uh-ruhss

#### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəˌplæŋkˈtɪv(ə)rəs/
zoh-uh-plank-TIV-uh-ruhss
/ˌzuəˌplæŋkˈtɪv(ə)rəs/
zoo-uh-plank-TIV-uh-ruhss

### Where does the adjective zooplanktivorous come from?

Earliest known use

1970s

The earliest known use of the adjective zooplanktivorous is in the 1970s.

OED's earliest evidence for zooplanktivorous is from 1971, in Journal Zoology.

### Nearby entries

1. zoophytish, adj. 1854–80
2. zoophytist, n. 1814–62
3. zoophytography, n. 1735–1905
4. zoophytoid, adj. 1854–83
5. zoophytological, adj. 1823–
6. zoophytologist, n. 1835–
7. zoophytology, n. 1815–
8. zoophyton, n. 1601–
9. zooplankter, n. 1935–
10. zooplanktivore, n. 1972–
11. zooplanktivorous, adj.1971–
12. zooplankton, n. 1897–
13. zooplanktonic, adj. 1912–
14. zooplastic, adj. a1855–
15. zoopraxinoscope, n. 1889–
16. zoopraxiscope, n. 1881–
17. zoopraxography, n. 1891–
18. zoopsychology, n. 1847–
19. zooscopic, adj. 1817–
20. zooscopy, n. 1891–
21. zoosematic, adj. 1898–1909

## Meaning & use

1. 1971–
   Feeding on zooplankton; characterized by such behaviour.
   1. 1971

      > The zooplanktivorous fish Alestes baremose.

      Journal Zoology vol. 165 412
   2. 1997

      > The larva is also likely to get eaten by the zooplanktivorous predators that abound on reefs.

      G. S. Helfman et al., Diversity of Fishes xxiii. 421/2
   3. 2001

      > Fish adapted to zooplanktivorous feeding [have]..a slender body and a small terminal mouth.

      Oikos vol. 95 320/1
   animals

## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)plaŋ(k)ˈtɪv(ə)rəs/
zoo-oh-plank-TIV-uh-ruhss
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)plaŋ(k)ˈtɪv(ə)rəs/
zoh-oh-plank-TIV-uh-ruhss

### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəˌplæŋkˈtɪv(ə)rəs/
zoh-uh-plank-TIV-uh-ruhss
/ˌzuəˌplæŋkˈtɪv(ə)rəs/
zoo-uh-plank-TIV-uh-ruhss

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##### 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 /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### 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.

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##### 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 /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

##### 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

## Frequency

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

zooplanktivorous 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 zooplanktivorous, adj., 1970–2010

* 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
--- | ---
1970 | 0.006
1980 | 0.0064
1990 | 0.0064
2000 | 0.0064
2010 | 0.0079

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

zooplanktivorous, adj. was first published in 2017.