zone-tailed, adj.

zone-tailed
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zone-tailedadjective

## Factsheet

### Where does the adjective zone-tailed come from?

Earliest known use

1800s

The earliest known use of the adjective zone-tailed is in the 1800s.

OED's only evidence for zone-tailed is from 1809, in the writing of George Shaw, natural historian.

### Nearby entries

1. zone level, v. 1974–
2. zone leveller, n. 1956–
3. zone levelling, n. 1953–
4. zone-melt, v. 1982–
5. zone melting, n. 1952–
6. zone plate, n. 1890–
7. zoner, n. 1962–
8. zone-refine, v. 1962–
9. zone refiner, n. 1959–
10. zone refining, n. 1952–
11. zone-tailed, adj.1809–
12. zone therapy, n. 1915–
13. zone time, n. 1908–
14. Zonian, n. 1910–
15. zonic, adj. 1797–
16. zoning, n. a1821–
17. zonite, n. 1860–
18. zonitic, adj. 1888–
19. zonk, v. 1950–
20. zonk, int. 1949–
21. zonked, adj. 1959–

## Meaning & use

1. 1809–
   See zone n. Compounds.
   1. 1809

      > Zone-tailed Eagle.

      G. Shaw, General Zoology vol. VII. 62

Originally published as part of the entry for zone, n.

zone, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.