zoochorehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoochore_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoochore, n.
Revised 2017

zoochorenoun

Ecology.
  1. 1904–
    A plant whose seeds, spores, etc., are dispersed by animals.
    1. 1904
      Zoochores.
      F. E. Clements in Bot. Surv. Nebraska No. 7. 45
    2. 1905
      Migration results when spores, seeds, fruits, offshoots, or plants are moved out of their home by water, wind, animals,..or mechanical propulsion. Corresponding to these agents there may be recognized the following groups:..Animals, zoochores.
      F. E. Clements, Research Methods in Ecology 216
    3. 1993
      For zoochores, long-distance dispersal by birds is likely to be effective.
      G. P. Malanson, Riparian Landscapes vi. 195
    4. 2001
      The adjacent thicket..provides..a suitable habitat for a variety of mammalian and avian zoochores.
      Journal Coastal Conservation vol. 7 67/1

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

zoochore, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoochore, n. was last modified in July 2023.