zonaryhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zonary_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezonary, adj.
First published 1921; not fully revised

zonaryadjective

  1. 1.
    1881–
    Having the form of a zone or girdle: applied to the placenta in certain mammals, as the Carnivora, forming a broad girdle round the chorion.
    1. 1881
      Though the Rodents have a deciduate placenta, it is never zonary.
      St. G. Mivart, Cat 472
  2. 2.
    Occurring in a zone or zones, i.e. within definite limits of depth (see zone n. 7).

zonary, adj. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zonary, adj. was last modified in July 2023.