zygopteridnoun & adjective
Factsheet
What does the word zygopterid mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the word zygopterid. 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 common is the word zygopterid?
| 1910 | 0.0009 |
| 1920 | 0.0008 |
| 1930 | 0.0007 |
| 1940 | 0.0007 |
| 1950 | 0.0006 |
| 1960 | 0.0006 |
| 1970 | 0.0006 |
| 1980 | 0.0004 |
| 1990 | 0.0005 |
| 2000 | 0.0004 |
| 2010 | 0.0004 |
How is the word zygopterid pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the word zygopterid come from?
Earliest known use
1900s
The earliest known use of the word zygopterid is in the 1900s.
OED's earliest evidence for zygopterid is from 1900, in the writing of W. J. Lucas.
Nearby entries
- Zygomycetes, n.1887–
- zygomycetous, adj.1928–
- zygon, n.1886–
- zygonema, n.1911–
- zygoneurous, adj.1901–
- zygophiuran, adj. & n.1892–
- zygophore, n.1904–
- zygophyllaceous, adj.1887–
- zygophyte, n.1885–
- zygopleura, n.1883–
- zygopterid, n. & adj.1900–
- zygosis, n.1880–
- zygosity, n.1952–
- zygosome, n.1905–
- zygosperm, n.1880–
- zygosphenal, adj.1854–
- zygosphene, n.1854–
- zygosphere, n.1880–
- zygospondyline, adj.1892–
- zygospore, n.1864–
- zygosporic, adj.1906–
Etymology
Meaning & use
- 1900–A member of, or belonging to, the division Zygopterides or Zygoptera of dragon-flies, having all the wings nearly or quite equal in size.
- 1900
A Zygopterid [wing].
W. J. Lucas, British Dragonflies 53 - 1900
Nymph of a Zygopterid Dragonfly.
W. J. Lucas, British Dragonflies 34
the world animals invertebrates phylum Arthropoda class Insecta subclass Pterygota [adjectives] hemimetabolous of order Odonata of or relating to Zygoptera- zygopterid1900–A member of, or belonging to, the division Zygopterides or Zygoptera of dragon-flies, having all the wings nearly or quite equal in size.
the world animals invertebrates phylum Arthropoda class Insecta subclass Pterygota [nouns] division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola order Odonata suborder Zygoptera member of- agrion1791–Any of various large damselflies of the former genus Agrion, which have a body with a bright metallic sheen and (in the males) forewings that…
- damsel-fly1817–The slender dragon-fly Agrion Virgo, and kindred species, called in French demoiselle.
- zygopterid1900–A member of, or belonging to, the division Zygopterides or Zygoptera of dragon-flies, having all the wings nearly or quite equal in size.
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
Frequency
zygopterid typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zygopterid is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zygopterid, n. & adj., 1910–2010
* 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 |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 0.0009 |
| 1920 | 0.0008 |
| 1930 | 0.0007 |
| 1940 | 0.0007 |
| 1950 | 0.0006 |
| 1960 | 0.0006 |
| 1970 | 0.0006 |
| 1980 | 0.0004 |
| 1990 | 0.0005 |
| 2000 | 0.0004 |
| 2010 | 0.0004 |