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Zoonym

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zoonnoun(biology) A distinct organism.
zoonitenoun(zoology, archaic) One of the segments of the body of an articulated animal, sometimes regarded as a distinct organism.
zoonulenoun(zoology) A zoonite.
monophagenoun(zoology) A monophagous animal.
zootoponymnounA toponym that features the name of an animal
zooidnoun(zoology) One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Bryozoa; — sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.
zoönnoun(zoology) Alternative spelling of zoon. [(biology) A distinct organism.]
zoönitenoun(zoology) Alternative spelling of zoonite. [(zoology, archaic) One of the segments of the body of an articulated animal, sometimes regarded as a distinct organism.]
zoological namenoun(zoology) a formal scientific name of an animal, especially as conforming to the ICZN.
zoosemynoun(linguistics, semiotics) The metaphorical use of animal names or animal-related terms to denote human qualities, e.g. chicken, sly fox, mother hen etc. as epithets for human individuals.
zoogonidnoun(zoology) Any member of the Zoogonidae.
zoönulenoun(zoology) Alternative spelling of zoonule. [(zoology) A zoonite.]
synonymnoun(semantics) A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
zoanthodemenoun(zoology) The zooids of a compound anthozoan, collectively.
zoöphaganounAlternative form of zoophaga. [(zoology) An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.]
zoötomynounAlternative spelling of zootomy. [(zoology) The dissection or anatomy of animals.]
taxonymnounA word used for classification purposes, that is, one that makes up part of a taxonomy; a name or label for a taxon or clade
specific namenoun(zoology) The second word in the scientific name of an animal species, following the name of the genus.
zoöspherenounAlternative spelling of zoosphere. [The animals of the Earth, especially as an ecosystem.]
monodelphnoun(zoology) One of the Monodelphia.

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