(Originally) = zoodynamicsn.; (in later use) the application of mechanical principles to the movement and structure of animal organisms (cf. biomechanicsn. 1).
1888
Zoo-mechanics, zoo-physics, zoo-chemistry.
Encyclopædia Britannicavol. XXIV. 814/2 (heading)
1897
To tack on the word ‘mechanics’ to zoology and re-christen it ‘zoomechanics’ in a general philosophical sense is not to create a new science.
Natural Science June 412
1903
The whole phenomenon of Ampullarian locomotion..suggest a series of problems in zoo-mechanics which need thorough investigation.
(Originally) = zoodynamics, n.; (in later use) the application of mechanical principles to the movement and structure of animal organisms (cf. biomech…