zoanthoid, adj.

zoanthoid
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zoanthoidadjective

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zoanthoid mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoanthoid. 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 zoanthoid come from?

Earliest known use

1850s

The earliest known use of the adjective zoanthoid is in the 1850s.

OED's only evidence for zoanthoid is from 1854, in a text by Arthur Adams et al.

### Nearby entries

1. Z-list, n. & adj. 1979–
2. Z-lister, n. 1999–
3. zloty, n. 1915–
4. Zn, n. 1814–
5. -zoa, comb. form
6. -zoan, comb. form
7. zoantharian, adj. & n. 1887–
8. zoanthid, n. 1870–
9. zoanthidan, adj. 1888–
10. zoanthodeme, n. 1877–
11. zoanthoid, adj.1854–
12. zoanthropic, adj. 1891–
13. zoanthropy, n. 1856–
14. zoanthus, n. 1841–
15. zoarial, adj. 1896–
16. zoarium, n. 1880–
17. zob, n. 1911–
18. zocalo, n. 1884–
19. zocco, n. 1664–1723
20. zocle, n. 1704–
21. zoco, n. 1892–

## Etymology

‑oid suffix.

## Meaning & use

Zoology.

1. 1854–
   Resembling or related to the genus Zoanthus.
   Stressed as zoˈanthoid.
   1. 1854

      > Zoanthoid-Polyps (Zoanthoida).

      A. Adams et al., Manual of Natural History 354
   invertebrates
   1. zoanthoid 1854–
      Resembling or related to the genus Zoanthus.
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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.