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
- Z-list, n. & adj.1979–
- Z-lister, n.1999–
- zloty, n.1915–
- 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–
Etymology
Meaning & use
Zoology.
- 1854–Resembling or related to the genus Zoanthus.Stressed as zoˈanthoid.
- 1854
Zoanthoid-Polyps (Zoanthoida).
A. Adams et al., Manual of Natural History 354
the world animals invertebrates subkingdom Metazoa grade Diploblastica phylum Coelenterata [adjectives] of or relating to the Anthozoa belonging to order Zoantharia relating to suborder Achnaria typical of family Zoanthidae resembling genus Zoanthus- zoanthoid1854–Resembling or related to the genus Zoanthus.