zoanthidan, adj.

zoanthidan
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zoanthidanadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zoanthidan mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoanthidan. 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.

### Where does the adjective zoanthidan come from?

Earliest known use

1880s

The earliest known use of the adjective zoanthidan is in the 1880s.

OED's only evidence for zoanthidan is from 1888, in a text by George Rolleston, physician and physiologist, and W. Hatchett Jackson.

### Nearby entries

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2. Z line, n. 1916–
3. Z-list, n. & adj. 1979–
4. Z-lister, n. 1999–
5. zloty, n. 1915–
6. Zn, n. 1814–
7. -zoa, comb. form
8. -zoan, comb. form
9. zoantharian, adj. & n. 1887–
10. zoanthid, n. 1870–
11. zoanthidan, adj.1888–
12. zoanthodeme, n. 1877–
13. zoanthoid, adj. 1854–
14. zoanthropic, adj. 1891–
15. zoanthropy, n. 1856–
16. zoanthus, n. 1841–
17. zoarial, adj. 1896–
18. zoarium, n. 1880–
19. zob, n. 1911–
20. zocalo, n. 1884–
21. zocco, n. 1664–1723

## Meaning & use

Zoology.

1. 1888–
   See zoantharian adj. & n.
   Stressed as zoˈanthidan.
   1. 1888

      > A pair [of mesenteries] of the typical Zoanthidan structure.

      G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson, Forms of Animal Life (ed. 2) 736
   invertebrates
   1. zoanthidan 1888–
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Originally published as part of the entry for zoantharian, adj. & n.

zoantharian, adj. & n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.