zygopterid, n. & adj.

zygopterid
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zygopteridnoun & adjective

## Factsheet

### What does the word zygopterid mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the word zygopterid. 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 common is the word zygopterid?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1910 | 0.0009
1920 | 0.0008
1930 | 0.0007
1940 | 0.0007
1950 | 0.0006
1960 | 0.0006
1970 | 0.0006
1980 | 0.0004
1990 | 0.0005
2000 | 0.0004
2010 | 0.0004

### How is the word zygopterid pronounced?

#### British English

/zʌɪˈɡɒptərɪd/
zigh-GOP-tuh-rid
/zᵻˈɡɒptərɪd/
zuh-GOP-tuh-rid

#### U.S. English

/zaɪˈɡɑptərəd/
zigh-GAHP-tuhr-uhd
/zᵻˈɡɑptərəd/
zuh-GAHP-tuhr-uhd

### Where does the word zygopterid come from?

Earliest known use

1900s

The earliest known use of the word zygopterid is in the 1900s.

OED's earliest evidence for zygopterid is from 1900, in the writing of W. J. Lucas.

### Nearby entries

1. Zygomycetes, n. 1887–
2. zygomycetous, adj. 1928–
3. zygon, n. 1886–
4. zygonema, n. 1911–
5. zygoneurous, adj. 1901–
6. zygophiuran, adj. & n. 1892–
7. zygophore, n. 1904–
8. zygophyllaceous, adj. 1887–
9. zygophyte, n. 1885–
10. zygopleura, n. 1883–
11. zygopterid, n. & adj.1900–
12. zygosis, n. 1880–
13. zygosity, n. 1952–
14. zygosome, n. 1905–
15. zygosperm, n. 1880–
16. zygosphenal, adj. 1854–
17. zygosphene, n. 1854–
18. zygosphere, n. 1880–
19. zygospondyline, adj. 1892–
20. zygospore, n. 1864–
21. zygosporic, adj. 1906–

## Etymology

Greek πτερόν wing.

## Meaning & use

1. 1900–
   A member of, or belonging to, the division Zygopterides or Zygoptera of dragon-flies, having all the wings nearly or quite equal in size.
   1. 1900

      > A Zygopterid [wing].

      W. J. Lucas, British Dragonflies 53
   2. 1900

      > Nymph of a Zygopterid Dragonfly.

      W. J. Lucas, British Dragonflies 34
   insects
   1. zygopterid 1900–
      A member of, or belonging to, the division Zygopterides or Zygoptera of dragon-flies, having all the wings nearly or quite equal in size.
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   1. agrion 1791–
      Any of various large damselflies of the former genus Agrion, which have a body with a bright metallic sheen and (in the males) forewings that…
   2. damsel-fly 1817–
      The slender dragon-fly Agrion Virgo, and kindred species, called in French demoiselle.
   3. zygopterid 1900–
      A member of, or belonging to, the division Zygopterides or Zygoptera of dragon-flies, having all the wings nearly or quite equal in size.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/zʌɪˈɡɒptərɪd/
zigh-GOP-tuh-rid
/zᵻˈɡɒptərɪd/
zuh-GOP-tuh-rid

### U.S. English

/zaɪˈɡɑptərəd/
zigh-GAHP-tuhr-uhd
/zᵻˈɡɑptərəd/
zuh-GAHP-tuhr-uhd

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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.

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

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

zygopterid 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 zygopterid, n. & adj., 1910–2010

* 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
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1910 | 0.0009
1920 | 0.0008
1930 | 0.0007
1940 | 0.0007
1950 | 0.0006
1960 | 0.0006
1970 | 0.0006
1980 | 0.0004
1990 | 0.0005
2000 | 0.0004
2010 | 0.0004

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

zygo-, comb. form was first published in 1921; not fully revised.