zoogeographically, adv.

zoogeographically
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Revised 2017

# zoogeographicallyadverb

## Factsheet

### What does the adverb zoogeographically mean?

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

### How common is the adverb zoogeographically?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1890 | 0.0008
1900 | 0.0009
1910 | 0.0013
1920 | 0.0022
1930 | 0.0027
1940 | 0.0033
1950 | 0.0038
1960 | 0.0039
1970 | 0.0038
1980 | 0.0035
1990 | 0.0028
2000 | 0.0025
2010 | 0.0021

### Where does the adverb zoogeographically come from?

Earliest known use

1880s

The earliest known use of the adverb zoogeographically is in the 1880s.

OED's earliest evidence for zoogeographically is from 1883, in Annals & Magazine of Natural History.

### Nearby entries

1. zooflagellate, n. & adj. 1911–
2. zooful, n. 1914–
3. zoofulvin, n. 1871–
4. zoogamete, n. 1879–
5. zoogene, n. 1820–69
6. zoogenic, adj. 1842–
7. zoogeny, n. 1826–
8. zoogeographer, n. 1868–
9. zoogeographic, adj. 1875–
10. zoogeographical, adj. 1864–
11. zoogeographically, adv.1883–
12. zoogeography, n. 1851–
13. zoogeological, adj. 1841–
14. zoogeologist, n. 1844–
15. zoogeology, n. 1838–
16. zoogloea, n. 1861–
17. zoogloeal, adj. 1879–
18. zoogloeic, adj. 1883–
19. zoogonic, adj. 1787–
20. zoogonidium, n. 1857–
21. zoogony, n. 1675–

## Meaning & use

1. 1883–
   As regards zoogeography.
   Stressed as ˌzoogeoˈgraphically.
   1. 1883

      > Dr. Böhm's find appears zoogeographically not unimportant.

      Annals & Magazine of Natural History vol. 12 122
   2. 1912

      > It is evident that this shell is, zoögeographically, out of place in the Potomac.

      Nautilus vol. 26 53
   3. 2004

      > The weight of evidence for the age of this assemblage rests with zoogeographically more widespread taxa such as Daphoenodon.

      R. H. Tedford et al. in M. O. Woodburne, Late Cretaceous & Cenozoic Mammals North Amer. vi. 204/2
   animals
   1. zoogeographically 1883–
      As regards zoogeography.
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## Frequency

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

zoogeographically 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 zoogeographically, adv., 1890–2010

* 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
--- | ---
1890 | 0.0008
1900 | 0.0009
1910 | 0.0013
1920 | 0.0022
1930 | 0.0027
1940 | 0.0033
1950 | 0.0038
1960 | 0.0039
1970 | 0.0038
1980 | 0.0035
1990 | 0.0028
2000 | 0.0025
2010 | 0.0021

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

zoogeographical, adj. was revised in June 2017.