zoodendrium, n.

zoodendrium
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# zoodendriumnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zoodendrium mean?

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

### How is the noun zoodendrium pronounced?

#### British English

/ˌzuː(ə)ˈdɛndriəm/
zoo-uh-DEN-dree-uhm
/ˌzəʊəˈdɛndriəm/
zoh-uh-DEN-dree-uhm

#### U.S. English

/ˌzu(ə)ˈdɛndriəm/
zoo-uh-DEN-dree-uhm
/ˌzoʊəˈdɛndriəm/
zoh-uh-DEN-dree-uhm

### Where does the noun zoodendrium come from?

Earliest known use

1880s

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

OED's earliest evidence for zoodendrium is from around 1880–1, in the writing of William Saville-Kent, marine biologist.

zoodendrium is formed within English, by compounding.

Etymons: zoo- comb. form, syndendrium n.

### Nearby entries

1. zoochemical, adj. & n. 1844–
2. zoochemistry, n. 1835–
3. zoochlorella, n. 1882–
4. zoochore, n. 1904–
5. zoochorous, adj. 1904–
6. zoochory, n. 1921–
7. zoo-crazy, adj. 1938–
8. zoocultural, adj. 1899–
9. zooculture, n. 1873–
10. zoocytium, n. 1880–
11. zoodendrium, n.1880–
12. Zoodikers, int. 1749–98
13. zoodynamic, adj.?1819–
14. zoodynamics, n. 1888–
15. zooecial, adj. 1873–
16. zooecium, n. 1871–
17. zooerythrin, n. 1871–
18. zooflagellate, n. & adj. 1911–
19. zooful, n. 1914–
20. zoofulvin, n. 1871–
21. zoogamete, n. 1879–

## Etymology

### Summary

Formed within English, by compounding.
< zoo- comb. form + dendrium (in syndendrium n.).

## Meaning & use

Zoology. Now rare.

1. 1880–
   The branched support stalk of certain colonial protists. Cf. zoocaulon n.
   1. 1880–1

      > Dendromonas... Animalcules..stationed singly at the extremities of an erect,..variously branching pedicle or zoodendrium.

      W. Saville-Kent, Manual of Infusoria vol. I. 265
   2. ?1885

      > The zoodendrium appears to be composed of the individual stalks cohering as they elongate.

      Proceedings 7th Ann. Meeting Amer. Soc. Microscopists 1884 120
   3. 1903

      > The size of the whole adult zoodendrium is 1/6 in. in height and equally wide across the crown.

      Journal Quekett Microsc. Club vol. 8 409
   4. 1972

      > Zoodendrium—a treelike, branched stalk of certain colonial infusorians.

      D. M. Ayers, Bioscientific Terminology xii. 97
   animals

## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˌzuː(ə)ˈdɛndriəm/
zoo-uh-DEN-dree-uhm
/ˌzəʊəˈdɛndriəm/
zoh-uh-DEN-dree-uhm

### U.S. English

/ˌzu(ə)ˈdɛndriəm/
zoo-uh-DEN-dree-uhm
/ˌzoʊəˈdɛndriəm/
zoh-uh-DEN-dree-uhm

###
Plural: zoodendria

### British English

/ˌzuː(ə)ˈdɛndriə/
zoo-uh-DEN-dree-uh
/ˌzəʊəˈdɛndriə/
zoh-uh-DEN-dree-uh

### U.S. English

/ˌzu(ə)ˈdɛndriə/
zoo-uh-DEN-dree-uh
/ˌzoʊəˈdɛndriə/
zoh-uh-DEN-dree-uh

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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.

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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

## Forms

### Inflections

Plural: zoodendria ( British English /ˌzuː(ə)ˈdɛndriə/ (zoo-uh-DEN-dree-uh) , /ˌzəʊəˈdɛndriə/ (zoh-uh-DEN-dree-uh) , U.S. English /ˌzu(ə)ˈdɛndriə/ (zoo-uh-DEN-dree-uh) , /ˌzoʊəˈdɛndriə/ (zoh-uh-DEN-dree-uh) )

### Variant forms

1. 1800s
   zoödendrium
2. 1800s–
   zoodendrium

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

zoodendrium, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoodendrium, n. was last modified in July 2023.