zoochoroushttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoochorous_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoochorous, adj.
Revised 2017

zoochorousadjective

Ecology.
  1. 1904–
    Of a plant: having seeds, spores, etc., dispersed by animals. Also: designating this mode of dispersal.
    1. 1904
      Species..that are found in the shelter of forests and thickets are usually zoochorous.
      F. E. Clements in Bot. Surv. Nebraska No. 7. 48
    2. 1975
      The adaptations of zoochorous plants that make them attractive to birds delight landscapers.
      Auk vol. 92 40
    3. 1999
      Only 14% of the species in the Central Lower Karoo are zoochorous.
      K. Van Rheede van Oudtshoorn & M. W. van Rooyen, Dispersal Biol. Desert Plants ix. 171
    4. 2014
      Zoochorous dispersal usually occurs during the rainy season.
      A. Traveset et al. in R. S. Gallagher, Seeds (ed. 3) iii. 67/2

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

zoochorous, adj. was revised in June 2017.

zoochorous, adj. was last modified in July 2023.