zoomechanicshttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoomechanics_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoomechanics, n.
Revised 2017

† zoomechanicsnoun

Obsolete.
  1. 1888–1903
    (Originally) = zoodynamics n.; (in later use) the application of mechanical principles to the movement and structure of animal organisms (cf. biomechanics n. 1).
    1. 1888
      Zoo-mechanics, zoo-physics, zoo-chemistry.
      Encyclopædia Britannica vol. XXIV. 814/2 (heading)
    2. 1897
      To tack on the word ‘mechanics’ to zoology and re-christen it ‘zoomechanics’ in a general philosophical sense is not to create a new science.
      Natural Science June 412
    3. 1903
      The whole phenomenon of Ampullarian locomotion..suggest a series of problems in zoo-mechanics which need thorough investigation.
      Journal Malacology vol. 10 113

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

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