zoonitic, adj.

zoonitic
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# † zooniticadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zoonitic mean?

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

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1890s.

### Where does the adjective zoonitic come from?

Earliest known use

1860s

The earliest known use of the adjective zoonitic is in the 1860s.

OED's earliest evidence for zoonitic is from 1860, in the writing of T. Laycock.

### Nearby entries

1. zoon, n. 1851–1905
2. zoon, v. 1880–
3. zoon, int. 1863–
4. -zoon, comb. form
5. zoonate, n. 1798–1857
6. zoonerythrin, n. 1882–
7. zoonic, adj. 1798–1853
8. zooning, n. 1885–
9. Zoonist, adj. 1890–97
10. zoonite, n. 1838–
11. zoonitic, adj.1860–91
12. zoonomic, adj. 1836–
13. zoonomical, adj. 1800–
14. zoonomist, n. 1800–99
15. zoonomy, n. 1800–
16. zoonosis, n. 1873–
17. zoonosologist, n. 1860–
18. zoonosology, n. 1845–
19. zoonotic, adj. 1877–
20. zoon politikon, n. 1895–
21. zoonters, int. a1763–

## Meaning & use

Obsolete rare. Zoology.

1. 1860–91
   Of or relating to a zoonite or zoonites.
   1. 1860

      > Zoonitic Constitution of Vermes.

      T. Laycock, Mind & Brain vol. II. Contents p. ix
   2. 1891

      > Zoönitic, of or pertaining to a zoonite; somitic.

      Century Dictionary
   animals ecology
   1. zooidal 1858–
      Of or relating to a zooid or zooids.
   2. zoonitic 1860–91
      Of or relating to a zoonite or zoonites.
   3. zoid 1864–
      Applied to a larval or zoea stage in Crustacea.
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   1. insect a1658–76
      Having the body divided into segments; chiefly in insect animals = Latin animālia insecta: see insecta, n.
   2. zoonite 1838–
      A body segment of an articulated or segmented animal, esp. such a segment regarded as a distinct organism; a metamere or somite. Cf. zonite, n.…
   3. segmental 1854–
      Of, pertaining to, or composed of segments or divisions. In various applications (Anatomy, Biology, Acoustics, etc.). segmental apparatus, the…
   4. segmented 1854–
      Anatomy, Zoology, etc. Consisting of segments or similar parts arranged in a longitudinal series.
   5. zoonitic 1860–91
      Of or relating to a zoonite or zoonites.
   6. segmentate 1875–
      Formed of segments, segmented.
   7. metamerized 1878–
      Divided into metameric segments.
   8. somatomic 1882–
   9. somitic 1888–
      Of or pertaining to, having the form or character of, a somite.
   10. somital 1890–
       Of or pertaining to a somite; somitic.
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   1. zooidal 1858–
      Of or relating to a zooid or zooids.
   2. zoonitic 1860–91
      Of or relating to a zoonite or zoonites.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zoonite, n.

zoonite, n. was revised in June 2017.