zoocaulon, n.

zoocaulon
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Revised 2017

# zoocaulonnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zoocaulon mean?

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

### How is the noun zoocaulon pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)ˈkaʊlɒn/
zoo-oh-KOW-lon
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)ˈkaʊlɒn/
zoh-oh-KOW-lon

#### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəˈkaʊˌlɑn/
zoh-uh-KOW-lahn
/ˌzuəˈkaʊˌlɑn/
zoo-uh-KOW-lahn

### Where does the noun zoocaulon come from?

Earliest known use

1880s

The earliest known use of the noun zoocaulon is in the 1880s.

OED's earliest evidence for zoocaulon is from around 1881–2, in the writing of William Saville-Kent, marine biologist.

### Nearby entries

1. zonule, n. 1828–
2. zonulet, n. 1648
3. zonure, n. 1883–
4. zoo, n. 1835–
5. zoo-, comb. form
6. zooarchaeological, adj. 1962–
7. zooarchaeologist, n. 1957–
8. zooarchaeology, n. 1967–
9. zoobenthos, n. 1923–
10. zoocarp, n. 1824–88
11. zoocaulon, n.1881–
12. zoocentric, adj. 1882–
13. zoochemical, adj. & n. 1844–
14. zoochemistry, n. 1835–
15. zoochlorella, n. 1882–
16. zoochore, n. 1904–
17. zoochorous, adj. 1904–
18. zoochory, n. 1921–
19. zoo-crazy, adj. 1938–
20. zoocultural, adj. 1899–
21. zooculture, n. 1873–

## Etymology

< zoo- comb. form + ancient Greek καυλός stalk (see caulo- comb. form).

## Meaning & use

Now rare.

1. 1881–
   The branched supporting stalk of certain colonial protists; cf. zoodendrium n.
   1. 1881–2

      > Zoocaulon..title conferred by the author on the erect tentaculiferous branching colony-stocks of the genus Dendrosoma.

      W. Saville-Kent, Manual of Infusoria vol. II. 874
   2. 1963

      > Zoocaulon, zoodendrium.

      I. F. Henderson & W. D. Henderson, Dictionary of Biological Terms (ed. 8) 635/2
   animals

## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzuːə(ʊ)ˈkaʊlɒn/
zoo-oh-KOW-lon
/ˌzəʊə(ʊ)ˈkaʊlɒn/
zoh-oh-KOW-lon

### U.S. English

/ˌzoʊəˈkaʊˌlɑn/
zoh-uh-KOW-lahn
/ˌzuəˈkaʊˌlɑn/
zoo-uh-KOW-lahn

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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.

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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

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

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.