First published 1921; not fully revised
zoanthusnoun
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What does the noun zoanthus mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoanthus. 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 noun zoanthus come from?
Earliest known use
1840s
The earliest known use of the noun zoanthus is in the 1840s.
OED's only evidence for zoanthus is from 1841, in the writing of Thomas Rymer Jones, morphologist and physiologist.
Nearby entries
- Zn, n.1814–
- -zoa, comb. form
- -zoan, comb. form
- zoantharian, adj. & n.1887–
- zoanthid, n.1870–
- zoanthidan, adj.1888–
- zoanthodeme, n.1877–
- zoanthoid, adj.1854–
- zoanthropic, adj.1891–
- zoanthropy, n.1856–
- zoanthus, n.1841–
- zoarial, adj.1896–
- zoarium, n.1880–
- zob, n.1911–
- zocalo, n.1884–
- zocco, n.1664–1723
- zocle, n.1704–
- zoco, n.1892–
- zodiac, n.1390–
- zodiacal, adj.1576–
- zodiac line, n.1590
Meaning & use
Zoology.
- 1841–
- 1841
A small Zoanthus or other naked zoophyte.
T. R. Jones, General Outline of Animal Kingdom iii. 37