Zoëa, zō-ē′a, n. a larval stage of certain decapod crustaceans—also called the copepod stage preceding the megalopa stage—also Zoœ′a:—pl. Zoë′æ.—adjs. Zoë′al, Zoœ′al; Zō′ëform. [Gr. zōon, an animal.]
Zoëtic, zō-et′ik, adj. vital. [Gr. zōē, life.]
Zoetrope, zō′e-trōp, n. a scientific toy by which several pictures of objects or persons in various positions are combined into one visual impression, so as to give the appearance of movement or life—the Thaumatrope and Praxinoscope are variations.—adj. Zoetrop′ic. [Gr. zōē, life, tropos, a turning—trepein, to turn.]
Zoiatria, zō-i-at′ri-a, n. veterinary surgery. [Gr. zōon, an animal, iatreia, healing.]
Zoic, zō′ik, adj. pertaining to animals: containing evidences of life in fossils—of rocks. [Gr. zōikos, of animals—zōon, an animal.]
Zoilism, zō′i-lizm, n. carping and unjust criticism.—adj. Zoil′ēan, characteristic of Zoilus, a Greek grammarian who flourished in the time of Philip of Macedon, and assailed Homer with such asperity that his name became proverbial for a captious and malignant critic.—n. Zō′ilist, a carping critic.
Zoisite, zoi′sīt, n. a mineral closely allied to epidote. [Baron von Zois.]
Zoism, zō′izm, n. the doctrine that life originates from a specific principle.—n. Zō′ist, one who maintains this theory. [Gr. zōē, life.]
Zolaism, zō′la-izm, n. the literary principles and practice of the industrious French novelist Emile Zola (1840-1902)—an attempt at a so-called realism claimed to be a proper scientific view of human nature and human life. In effect Zola's books are dull and dirty, and his realism is not reality.
Zöllner's lines, rows of parallel lines appearing to be not parallel through the optical effect of oblique intersecting lines.—Also Zöllner's pattern.