zootechnichttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zootechnic_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezootechnic, adj.
Revised 2017

zootechnicadjective

  1. 1861–
    Of or relating to zootechny; produced by means of zootechny.
    1. 1861
      The race comes out fixed, constant, and constitutes a ‘zootechnic race’.
      15th Annual Rep. Ohio State Board Agric. 1860 293
    2. 1899
      The industries of the American aborigines, in connection with..animal life.., may be divided into zoötechnic provinces.
      O. T. Mason in American Anthropologist vol. 1 46
    3. 1918
      The zoo-technic stations are obliged to possess..200 hectares.
      Science 25 October 416/2
    4. 2012
      Germany..had the greatest impulse, particularly in the animal farming (zootechnic) field.
      S. J. McPhail et al., Fuel Cells 82

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

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.