zoosporicadjective
Factsheet
What does the adjective zoosporic mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zoosporic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the adjective zoosporic?
| 1850 | 0.0004 |
| 1860 | 0.0005 |
| 1870 | 0.0004 |
| 1880 | 0.0006 |
| 1890 | 0.0006 |
| 1900 | 0.0007 |
| 1910 | 0.0007 |
| 1920 | 0.0007 |
| 1930 | 0.0008 |
| 1940 | 0.0011 |
| 1950 | 0.002 |
| 1960 | 0.0028 |
| 1970 | 0.0035 |
| 1980 | 0.0041 |
| 1990 | 0.0046 |
| 2000 | 0.0052 |
| 2010 | 0.006 |
How is the adjective zoosporic pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the adjective zoosporic come from?
Earliest known use
1850s
The earliest known use of the adjective zoosporic is in the 1850s.
OED's earliest evidence for zoosporic is from 1854, in Florist & Hort. Journal (Philadelphia).
zoosporic is formed within English, by derivation.
Etymons: zoospore n., ‑ic suffix.
Nearby entries
- zooscopic, adj.1817–
- zooscopy, n.1891–
- zoosematic, adj.1898–1909
- zoosemiotics, n.1963–
- zoosophy, n.1662–1848
- zoosperm, n.1824–
- zoospermatic, adj.1845–79
- zoosporangiophore, n.1889–
- zoosporangium, n.1862–
- zoospore, n.1842–
- zoosporic, adj.1854–
- zoosporous, adj.1845–
- zoot, n.1942–
- zootaxy, n.1833–
- zootechnic, adj.1861–
- zootechnics, n.1863–
- zootechny, n.1841–
- zootheca, n.1852–
- zoothecium, n.1880–
- zootheism, n.1879–
- zootheist, n.1879–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1854–Producing zoospores; of the nature of, or effected by zoospores; = zoosporous adj.
- 1854
Details on the mode of reproduction of zoosporic algæ.
Florist & Hort. Journal (Philadelphia) vol. 3 102 (title) - 1885
The parasite while in its zoosporic stage makes its way into an epidermal cell, which then increases rapidly in size.
Botanical Gazette vol. 10 236 - 1942
These fungi constitute an ascending evolutionary line originating in the zoosporic Monadineae.
J. S. Karling, Simple Holocarpic Biflagellate Phycomycetes 102 - 1974
Part 3..leads the students in elaborate detail through the culturing and examination of the life cycles of a zoosporic plant (a water mold, Allomyces).
American Biol. Teacher vol. 36 118/3 - 2002
In frog diseases, human pythiosis, potato blight, and all of the maladies caused by zoosporic fungi, zoospores are the agents that initiate the infection.
N. P. Money, Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard vi. 121
the world life biology biological processes procreation or reproduction reproductive substances or cells [adjectives] spore- formalc1400–1676Of or pertaining to form, n., in various senses. Pertaining to the specific form of an animal or plant. Of a seed or germ: Endowed with a…
- sporular1819–Having the character of, pertaining to, a sporule.
- zoosporous1845–Producing zoospores; of the nature of, or effected by zoospores; = zoosporic, adj.
- zoosporic1854–Producing zoospores; of the nature of, or effected by zoospores; = zoosporous, adj.
- polysporous1858–Containing or producing numerous spores; involving or characterized by the production of numerous spores.
- polyspored1882–= polysporous, adj.
- sporulating1897–
- sporulated1898–
- polyzoic1901–Chiefly Zoology. Of, relating to, or designating a parasitic sporozoan whose oocysts produce a large number of sporozoites. rare.
- zygosporic1906–Of the nature of or producing zygospores.
- polyspore1959–Of or derived from many spores; = polysporous, adj.
- propagular1967–Of or relating to a propagule or propagules.
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
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
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.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- 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.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Forms
Variant forms
- 1800s–1900szoösporic
- 1800s–zoosporic
Frequency
zoosporic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zoosporic is in frequency band 2, which contains words occurring between 0.001 and 0.01 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zoosporic, adj., 1850–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.0004 |
| 1860 | 0.0005 |
| 1870 | 0.0004 |
| 1880 | 0.0006 |
| 1890 | 0.0006 |
| 1900 | 0.0007 |
| 1910 | 0.0007 |
| 1920 | 0.0007 |
| 1930 | 0.0008 |
| 1940 | 0.0011 |
| 1950 | 0.002 |
| 1960 | 0.0028 |
| 1970 | 0.0035 |
| 1980 | 0.0041 |
| 1990 | 0.0046 |
| 2000 | 0.0052 |
| 2010 | 0.006 |