zooplanktivore, n.

zooplanktivore
http://www.oed.com/dictionary/zooplanktivore_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_use
First published 2017

# zooplanktivorenoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zooplanktivore mean?

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

### How common is the noun zooplanktivore?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1970 | 0.0035
1980 | 0.0038
1990 | 0.0038
2000 | 0.0038
2010 | 0.0047

### How is the noun zooplanktivore pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)ˈplaŋ(k)tᵻvɔː/
zoo-oh-PLANK-tuh-vor
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)ˈplaŋ(k)tᵻvɔː/
zoh-oh-PLANK-tuh-vor

#### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəˈplæŋktəˌvɔr/
zoh-uh-PLANK-tuh-vor
/ˌzuəˈplæŋktəˌvɔr/
zoo-uh-PLANK-tuh-vor

### Where does the noun zooplanktivore come from?

Earliest known use

1970s

The earliest known use of the noun zooplanktivore is in the 1970s.

OED's earliest evidence for zooplanktivore is from 1972, in Science.

### Nearby entries

1. zoophytical, adj. 1779–
2. zoophytish, adj. 1854–80
3. zoophytist, n. 1814–62
4. zoophytography, n. 1735–1905
5. zoophytoid, adj. 1854–83
6. zoophytological, adj. 1823–
7. zoophytologist, n. 1835–
8. zoophytology, n. 1815–
9. zoophyton, n. 1601–
10. zooplankter, n. 1935–
11. zooplanktivore, n.1972–
12. zooplanktivorous, adj. 1971–
13. zooplankton, n. 1897–
14. zooplanktonic, adj. 1912–
15. zooplastic, adj. a1855–
16. zoopraxinoscope, n. 1889–
17. zoopraxiscope, n. 1881–
18. zoopraxography, n. 1891–
19. zoopsychology, n. 1847–
20. zooscopic, adj. 1817–
21. zooscopy, n. 1891–

## Meaning & use

1. 1972–
   A fish or other aquatic animal which feeds on zooplankton.
   1. 1972

      > Species higher in the food chain alter the effectiveness of zooplanktivores.

      Science 11 February 641/1
   2. 1993

      > Zooplanktivores..have also evolved visual capabilities that permit..sensitive detection of motion of prey or predators.

      G. S. Helfman in T. J. Pitcher, Behaviour Teleost Fishes (ed. 2) xiv. 487
   3. 2005

      > Muriel Lake contains a substantial population of the invertebrate zooplanktivore Neomysis mercedis.

      Écoscience vol. 12 11
   animals
   1. plankton feeder 1932–
      An animal whose diet includes plankton.
   2. planktivore 1959–
      A fish or other marine animal which feeds on plankton.
   3. zooplanktivore 1972–
      A fish or other aquatic animal which feeds on zooplankton.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)ˈplaŋ(k)tᵻvɔː/
zoo-oh-PLANK-tuh-vor
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)ˈplaŋ(k)tᵻvɔː/
zoh-oh-PLANK-tuh-vor

### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəˈplæŋktəˌvɔr/
zoh-uh-PLANK-tuh-vor
/ˌzuəˈplæŋktəˌvɔr/
zoo-uh-PLANK-tuh-vor

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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.

####

##### 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

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

zooplanktivore 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 zooplanktivore, n., 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 | 0.0035
1980 | 0.0038
1990 | 0.0038
2000 | 0.0038
2010 | 0.0047

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

zooplanktivore, n. was first published in 2017.