zoanthus, n.

zoanthus
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zoanthusnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zoanthus mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zoanthus. 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.

### Where does the noun zoanthus come from?

Earliest known use

1840s

The earliest known use of the noun zoanthus is in the 1840s.

OED's only evidence for zoanthus is from 1841, in the writing of Thomas Rymer Jones, morphologist and physiologist.

### Nearby entries

1. Zn, n. 1814–
2. -zoa, comb. form
3. -zoan, comb. form
4. zoantharian, adj. & n. 1887–
5. zoanthid, n. 1870–
6. zoanthidan, adj. 1888–
7. zoanthodeme, n. 1877–
8. zoanthoid, adj. 1854–
9. zoanthropic, adj. 1891–
10. zoanthropy, n. 1856–
11. zoanthus, n.1841–
12. zoarial, adj. 1896–
13. zoarium, n. 1880–
14. zob, n. 1911–
15. zocalo, n. 1884–
16. zocco, n. 1664–1723
17. zocle, n. 1704–
18. zoco, n. 1892–
19. zodiac, n. 1390–
20. zodiacal, adj. 1576–
21. zodiac line, n. 1590

## Meaning & use

Zoology.

1. 1841–
   See zoantharian adj. & n.
   1. 1841

      > A small Zoanthus or other naked zoophyte.

      T. R. Jones, General Outline of Animal Kingdom iii. 37
   animals

Originally published as part of the entry for zoantharian, adj. & n.

zoantharian, adj. & n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.