zootaxy, n.

zootaxy
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Revised 2017

# zootaxynoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zootaxy mean?

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

### How common is the noun zootaxy?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1850 | 0.0002
1860 | 0.0004
1870 | 0.0004
1880 | 0.0003
1890 | 0.0003
1900 | 0.0003
1910 | 0.0003
1920 | 0.0002
1930 | 0.00006
1940 | 0.00008
1950 | 0.00008
1960 | 0.00007
1970 | 0.00007
1980 | 0.00007
1990 | 0.00008
2000 | 0.00008
2010 | 0.00007

### How is the noun zootaxy pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzuːə(ʊ)ˌtaksi/
ZOO-oh-tack-see
/ˈzəʊə(ʊ)ˌtaksi/
ZOH-oh-tack-see

#### U.S. English

/ˈzoʊəˌtæksi/
ZOH-uh-tack-see
/ˈzuəˌtæksi/
ZOO-uh-tack-see

### Where does the noun zootaxy come from?

Earliest known use

1830s

The earliest known use of the noun zootaxy is in the 1830s.

OED's earliest evidence for zootaxy is from 1833, in London Med. & Surg. Journal.

### Nearby entries

1. zoosemiotics, n. 1963–
2. zoosophy, n. 1662–1848
3. zoosperm, n. 1824–
4. zoospermatic, adj. 1845–79
5. zoosporangiophore, n. 1889–
6. zoosporangium, n. 1862–
7. zoospore, n. 1842–
8. zoosporic, adj. 1854–
9. zoosporous, adj. 1845–
10. zoot, n. 1942–
11. zootaxy, n.1833–
12. zootechnic, adj. 1861–
13. zootechnics, n. 1863–
14. zootechny, n. 1841–
15. zootheca, n. 1852–
16. zoothecium, n. 1880–
17. zootheism, n. 1879–
18. zootheist, n. 1879–
19. zootheistic, adj. 1879–
20. zoothome, n. 1872–
21. zootic, adj. 1816–

## Etymology

After French zootaxie (H. M. D. de Blainville Cours de physiologie générale et comparée vol. I. (1829) 2).

## Meaning & use

Now rare.

1. 1833–
   Zoological classification, animal taxonomy.
   1. 1833

      > Likewise in my zootaxy, I [sc. de Blainville] have still more frequently entered on the domains of natural history.

      London Med. & Surg. Journal vol. 2 568/1
   2. 1860

      > A naturalist who..would apply purely and simply to the human genus the general principles of zootaxy, would then be led to divide this genus into several species.

      Journal Psychol. Med. & Mental Pathology vol. 13 589
   3. 1920

      > The time has come to rid ourselves of the empirical methods which have necessarily prevailed so long in zootaxy.

      Rec. Indian Museum vol. 20 2
   4. 1970

      > The..chapter discusses—within the frame of evolutionary zootaxy—..the principal taxonomical categories of the animal kingdom.

      Acta Biologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae vol. 21 138
   animals taxonomy
   1. zootaxy 1833–
      Zoological classification, animal taxonomy.
   View in Historical Thesaurus

## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzuːə(ʊ)ˌtaksi/
ZOO-oh-tack-see
/ˈzəʊə(ʊ)ˌtaksi/
ZOH-oh-tack-see

### U.S. English

/ˈzoʊəˌtæksi/
ZOH-uh-tack-see
/ˈzuəˌtæksi/
ZOO-uh-tack-see

####

##### 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

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

zootaxy is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 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 zootaxy, n., 1850–2010

* 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
--- | ---
1850 | 0.0002
1860 | 0.0004
1870 | 0.0004
1880 | 0.0003
1890 | 0.0003
1900 | 0.0003
1910 | 0.0003
1920 | 0.0002
1930 | 0.00006
1940 | 0.00008
1950 | 0.00008
1960 | 0.00007
1970 | 0.00007
1980 | 0.00007
1990 | 0.00008
2000 | 0.00008
2010 | 0.00007

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

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