zygobranchiate, adj.

zygobranchiate
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zygobranchiateadjective (& noun)

## Earlier version

- zygobranchiate, a. (n.) in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zygobranchiate mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zygobranchiate. 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.

### How is the adjective zygobranchiate pronounced?

#### British English

/zʌɪɡəʊˈbraŋkɪeɪt/
/zɪɡəʊˈbraŋkɪeɪt/

### Where does the adjective zygobranchiate come from?

Earliest known use

1880s

The earliest known use of the adjective zygobranchiate is in the 1880s.

OED's only evidence for zygobranchiate is from 1883, in the writing of Ray Lankester, zoologist.

zygobranchiate is a borrowing from Latin.

Etymons: Latin Zygobranchiāta.

### Nearby entries

1. zygaenidan, n. 1837–
2. zygal, adj. 1886–
3. zygantrum, n. 1854–
4. zygapophysial, adj. 1870–
5. zygapophysis, n. 1854–
6. zygite, n. 1888–
7. zygnemaceous, adj.
8. zygnemid, n. 1887–
9. zygnomic, adj. 1926–
10. zygo-, comb. form
11. zygobranchiate, adj.1883–
12. zygocactus, n. 1950–
13. zygocardiac, adj. 1877–
14. zygodactyl, adj. & n. 1831–
15. zygodactylic, adj. 1835–
16. zygodactylous, adj. 1828–
17. zygodont, adj. 1888–
18. zygogenesis, n. 1950–
19. zygology, n. 1970–
20. zygoma, n. 1684–
21. zygomatic, adj. & n. 1712–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Latin.
Etymon: Latin Zygobranchiāta.
< modern Latin Zygobranchiāta plural, < Greek ζυγόν yoke + βράγχια gills: see ‑ate suffix2.

## Meaning & use

Zoology.

1. 1883–
   Belonging to the division Zygobranchiata or Zygobranchia of gastropod molluscs, having paired (right and left) gills or ctenidia; as n. a mollusc of this division.
   1. 1883

      > The Zygobranchiate Streptoneura.

      E. R. Lankester in Encyclopædia Britannica vol. XVI. 655/2
   shells and shellfish
   1. zygobranchiate 1883–
      Belonging to the division Zygobranchiata or Zygobranchia of gastropod molluscs, having paired (right and left) gills or ctenidia; as n. a mollusc…
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/zʌɪɡəʊˈbraŋkɪeɪt/
/zɪɡəʊˈbraŋkɪeɪt/

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

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zygobranchiate, adj. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zygobranchiate, adj. was last modified in December 2024.