Zoosemiotics
the study of the sounds and signals used in animal communication, as song in birds or tail-wagging in dogs.
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Botany, Mycology Archaic. . Zoology, . noun another word for spermatozoon
- Zoosporangium
a or spore case in which zoospores are produced. Historical Examples The oospore on germination usually gives origin to a zoosporangium, but may form directly a germ tube which infects the host. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 Various noun (pl) -gia (-dʒɪə) (botany) a sporangium that produces zoospores zoosporangium (zō’ə-spə-rān’jē-əm) Plural zoosporangia […]
- Zoospore
Botany, Mycology. an asexual produced by certain algae and some fungi, capable of moving about by means of flagella. Zoology. any of the minute motile flagelliform or ameboid bodies that issue from the sporocyst of certain protozoans. noun an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella one of several […]
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the breeding and domestication of animals; the technology of animal husbandry. noun (functioning as sing) the science concerned with the domestication and breeding of animals
- Zooty
characteristic of a zoot suiter; extreme or flamboyant in style or appearance: a zooty new convertible. Historical Examples I’ve had four horses down with the ‘zooty, and two men laid up with dip’thery. Tom Grogan F. Hopkinson Smith