zoographichttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoographic_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoographic, adj.
Revised 2017

zoographicadjective

  1. 1.
    1741–
    Of or relating to the depiction or representation of animals or living creatures in general; (sometimes more generally) pictorial; representative. Cf. zoography n. 2. Now rare.
    1. 1741
      A new Species of Zoographic Writing, called by the Ancients Symbolic.
      W. Warburton, Divine Legation of Moses vol. II. iv. iv. 111
    2. 1870
      Both arts [sc. painting and sculpture]..so far as they are zoo-graphic;—representative, that is to say, of animal life.
      J. Ruskin, Aratra Pentelici iv. §110
    3. 1881
      He it was, and not Polygnotos, whose lifelike figures earned him a similar zoographic reputation to that of Giotto.
      Academy 17 September 224
    4. 1934
      Zoographic decoration..and a concentration of ornament on the shoulder and round the handles are broad characteristics of Geometric..art.
      Annals of Brit. School Athens 1931–2 vol. 32 166
    5. 2011
      The iconographic, anthropomorphic, and zoographic possibilities inherent in the graphic structure of the script.
      Journal of American Oriental Society vol. 131 494
  2. 2.
    1829–
    Of or relating to the description of animals and their characteristics. In later use esp.: of or relating to (the study of) the geographical distribution of animals; = zoogeographic adj. Cf. zoography n. 1.
    1. 1829
      The earlier naturalists, to whom little more than the external structure of animals was known..selected for their zoographic signs the most obvious features of exterior form.
      Quarterly Journal Science, Literature, & Art October 336
    2. 1879
      The deeps surrounding our country may from a physiographic and zoögraphic point of view be divided into two very different regions, viz, the warm and the cold area.
      G. O. Sars in Rep. Commissioner 1877 (U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries) vol. V. App. A. 685
    3. 1905
      Our current phytographic and zoographic methods do not allow us to express our ideas of species.
      Science 7 April 534/2
    4. 1968
      T. Northcott..headed-up the Zoographic and Phytographic aspects of the project.
      American Antiquity vol. 33 529/1
    5. 1981
      Efforts to reduce the incidence of animal bites must take into account the demographic, zoographic, and environmental factors.
      Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) vol. 96 583/2
    6. 2009
      Radiotelemetry is used extensively in zoographic studies in general and studies of northern bobwhite..in particular.
      Journal Wildlife Management vol. 73 989/1

zoographic, adj. was revised in June 2017.

zoographic, adj. was last modified in September 2024.