English dictionary: words starting with zoo

Meanings of Zoo:

noun

An establishment which maintains a collection of wild animals, typically in a park or gardens, for study, conservation, or display to the public.

Usage examples:

Once it was only possible to see animals in zoos or in marine parks but in recent years there has b…

combining form

Of animals; relating to animal life.

Usage examples:

Zoogeography

Meanings of Zoobenthos:

noun

The aquatic fauna of the region at or near the bottom of the sea; the animal component of the benthic community.

Meanings of Zoochemical:

adjective

Of or relating to zoochemistry (now rare).

noun

Any of various types of biologically active compound found in animals or their products, especially those which are thought to benefit health.

Meanings of Zoochemistry:

noun

The biochemistry of animals.

Meanings of Zoochlorella:

noun

Any of various unicellular green algae (formerly grouped in the genus zoochlorella) which are symbionts within the cells of certain freshwater and marine invertebrates and protists. chiefly in plural.

Meanings of Zoochore:

noun

A plant whose seeds, spores, etc., are dispersed by animals.

Meanings of Zoocultural:

adjective

Of, relating to, or used in zooculture.

Meanings of Zooculture:

noun

The practice or activity of rearing and breeding domesticated or captive animals.

Meanings of Zoocytium:

noun

The outer support sheath or matrix of certain colonial protists.

Meanings of Zoodendria:

noun

The branched support stalk of certain colonial protists.

Meanings of Zoodendrium:

noun

The branched support stalk of certain colonial protists.

Meanings of Zoodynamic:

adjective

(originally) of or relating to a life force or vital force; (in later use also) of or relating to zoodynamics.

Meanings of Zoodynamics:

noun

(in plural with singular agreement) (the branch of science that deals with) the processes and functions of living animal organisms; animal physiology.

Meanings of Zooecial:

adjective

Of or relating to a zooecium or zooecia.

Meanings of Zooecium:

noun

A layer of organic or mineral material that encloses an individual living or fossil bryozoan.

Meanings of Zooerythrin:

noun

A red carotenoid pigment found animals, especially in the plumage of certain birds.

Meanings of Zooflagellate:

noun

A flagellate (protist) belonging to any of several groups of unicellular organisms whose members possess one or more flagella, lack chromatophores, and do not carry out photosynthesis; an animal-like flagellate.

adjective

Of or relating to zooflagellates.

Meanings of Zoofulvin:

noun

A yellow carotenoid pigment (xanthophyll) found in the plumage of certain birds.

Meanings of Zoogamete:

noun

(in algae and fungi) a motile gamete; = planogamete .

Meanings of Zoogeny:

noun

The process of animal reproduction and development; the origin or evolution of animals or animal species. also: a theory, doctrine, or account of this; the branch of study concerned with this.

Meanings of Zoogeography:

noun

The branch of zoology that deals with the geographical distribution of animals.

Usage examples:

The programme therefore encompasses geo-science, oceanography, marine ecology, coelacanth biology, …

Meanings of Zoogeological:

adjective

Of or relating to zoogeology.

Meanings of Zoogeologist:

noun

An expert or specialist in zoogeology.

Meanings of Zoogeology:

noun

The field of study concerned with the relationship of extinct animals and animal fossils to geology.

Meanings of Zooglea:

noun

In form zoogloea: a genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (family pseudomonadaceae), typically occurring in masses or films surrounded by gelatinoid material, and often found in water containing sewage or other organic matter; (also zoogloea) a bacterium of this genus.