zygnemid, n.

zygnemid
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zygnemidnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zygnemid mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zygnemid. 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 is the noun zygnemid pronounced?

#### British English

/zɪɡˈniːmɪd/

### Where does the noun zygnemid come from?

Earliest known use

1880s

The earliest known use of the noun zygnemid is in the 1880s.

OED's only evidence for zygnemid is from 1887, in the Athenaeum.

### Nearby entries

1. zygadite, n. 1861–
2. zygaena, n. 1717–
3. zygaenid, n. & adj. 1913–
4. zygaenidan, n. 1837–
5. zygal, adj. 1886–
6. zygantrum, n. 1854–
7. zygapophysial, adj. 1870–
8. zygapophysis, n. 1854–
9. zygite, n. 1888–
10. zygnemaceous, adj.
11. zygnemid, n.1887–
12. zygnomic, adj. 1926–
13. zygo-, comb. form
14. zygobranchiate, adj. 1883–
15. zygocactus, n. 1950–
16. zygocardiac, adj. 1877–
17. zygodactyl, adj. & n. 1831–
18. zygodactylic, adj. 1835–
19. zygodactylous, adj. 1828–
20. zygodont, adj. 1888–
21. zygogenesis, n. 1950–

## Meaning & use

Botany.

1. 1887–
   A member of the taxonomic order Zygnemaceae of filamentous freshwater algae.
   1. 1887

      > The Conjugatæ, including zygnemids and desmids.

      Athenæum 12 March 357/1
   plants taxonomy
   1. slake?a1505–
      A name given to several species of Algæ, including marine and edible kinds as Ulva and Porphyra, and also the freshwater sorts, as Enteromorpha and…
   2. laver 1611–
      From the 17th cent. applied by writers to various marine algæ, and now used as a trade or culinary name for the edible species. laver bread n. also…
   3. purple laver 1611–
      From the 17th cent. applied by writers to various marine algæ, and now used as a trade or culinary name for the edible species. laver bread n. also…
   4. sea purse 1769–1912
      A green alga which has a soft, globular thallus, Codium bursa, native to coastal waters of the Mediterranean and northeast Atlantic Ocean. Obsolete.
   5. water-net 1821–
      Any freshwater green alga of the genus Hydrodictyon (see hydrodictyon, n.), forming colonies resembling a net or mesh.
   6. red snow 1825–
      = red snow alga, n. Now rare.
   7. red snow plant 1836–
      = red snow alga, n.
   8. hydrodictyon 1841–
      A green freshwater alga of the genus so called; = water-net, n.
   9. Protococcus 1842–
      A genus of the family Ctenocladaceae (formerly Protococcaceae) of unicellular freshwater green algae, chiefly of spherical shape; (also protococcus…
   10. snow plant 1846–
       a. A snow-alga; b. a plant of the Sierra Nevada in California, Sarcodes sanguinea, (see quot. 1905).
   11. red snow alga 1848–
       Any snow alga containing carotenoid pigments that colour snow red; spec. Chlamydomonas nivalis.
   12. blanket weed 1860–
       Any of various filamentous green or yellow-green algae that form slimy green films and mats in ponds and other bodies of fresh and brackish water.
   13. gory dew 1861–
       Resembling gore; blood-red. rare. (Cf. bloody, adj. A.3) gory dew: name of a minute freshwater alga (see quot.).
   14. yellow cell 1861–
       Any of various typically yellow-brown photosynthetic dinoflagellates which frequently live as symbionts within the cells of certain marine…
   15. channelled wrack 1867–
       A common European brown alga with deeply channelled fronds, Pelvetia canaliculata, which forms dense patches on rocks around the high-water mark.
   16. spirogyra 1875–
       A green filamentous freshwater alga of the genus of this name.
   17. phycochrome 1881–88
       Botany. A member of the (former) class Phycochromaceae; a cyanobacterium (blue-green alga). Obsolete.
   18. zoochlorella 1882–
       Any of various unicellular green algae (formerly grouped in the genus Zoochlorella) which are symbionts within the cells of certain freshwater and…
   19. chlamydomonas 1884–
       A unicellular, flagellate, green alga, belonging to the class Chlorophyceæ and widely distributed in fresh water.
   20. zygnemid 1887–
       A member of the taxonomic order Zygnemaceae of filamentous freshwater algae.
   21. gonyaulax 1902–
       A dinoflagellate alga of the genus Gonyaulax, often present in red-water (redwater, n. 4).
   22. chlorella 1904–
       A unicellular green alga of the genus so named.
   23. chlorophyte 1937–
       An alga of the division Chlorophyta, typically having two kinds of chlorophyll, cellulose cell walls, and starch grains, as in land plants; a green…
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/zɪɡˈniːmɪd/

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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.

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Originally published as part of the entry for zygnemaceous, adj.

zygnemaceous, adj. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.