zoonatehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoonate_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoonate, n.
Revised 2017

† zoonatenoun

Chemistry. Obsolete.
  1. 1798–1857
    A salt of a supposed acid (zoonic acid n. at zoonic adj. 1) obtained by Berthollet from animal substances.
    The acid was later shown to be impure acetic acid.
    1. 1798
      What remains is zoonate of lime.
      Philosophical Magazine vol. 1 68 (heading)
    2. 1804
      The liquid..contains carbonate and zoonate of ammonia.
      W. Nicholson, translation of A.-F. de Fourcroy, General System of Chemical Knowledge vol. X. 28
    3. 1857
      Hair yields, on distillation,..another salt of an ammoniacal base, combined with a peculiar animal acid, which Berthollet has named zoonate of ammonia.
      J. M. Wilson, Rural Cyclopedia (new edition) vol. II. 579/2

Originally published as part of the entry for zoonic, adj.

zoonate, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoonate, n. was last modified in July 2023.