Zoolite, zō′ō-līt, n. a fossil animal—also Zō′olith.—adjs. Zoolith′ic, Zoolit′ic. [Gr. zōon, an animal, lithos, a stone.]
Zoology, zō-ol′ō-ji, n. the science of animal life included along with Botany within the science of Biology. The various departments of zoological study are the Morphological, Physiological, Historical, and the Ætiological.—adj. Zoolog′ical.—adv. Zoolog′ically.—n. Zool′ogist, one versed in zoology.—Zoological gardens, a place where wild animals are kept for public exhibition. [Gr. zōon, an animal, logia—legein, to speak.]
Zoomagnetism, zō-ō-mag′ne-tizm, n. animal magnetism.—adj. Zoomagnet′ic. [Gr. zōon, an animal, magnetism.]
Zoomancy, zō′ō-man-si, n. divination by observation of animals.—adj. Zooman′tic. [Gr. zōon, an animal, manteia, divination.]
Zoometry, zō-om′e-tri, n. comparative measurement of the parts of animals.—adj. Zoomet′ric. [Gr. zōon, an animal, metron, a measure.]
Zoomorphic, zō-ō-mor′fik, adj. pertaining to zoomorphism: representing animals in art.—n. Zoomor′phism, the representation or the conception of a god or a man in an animal form, the attributing of human or of divine qualities to beings of animal form—also Zoomor′phy. [Gr. zōon, an animal, morphē, form.]
Zoon, zō′on, n. a morphological individual, the total product of a fertilised ovum:—pl. Zō′a, Zō′ons.—adjs. Zō′onal, like a zoon; Zoön′ic, relating to animals.—n. Zō′onite, one of the segments of an articulated animal.—adj. Zoonit′ic. [Gr.]
Zoonomy, zō-on′ō-mi, n. animal physiology—also Zoonō′mia.—adj. Zoonom′ic.—n. Zoön′omist. [Gr. zōon, an animal, nomos, law.]
Zoonosis, zō-on′ō-sis, n. a disease communicated to man from the lower animals, as hydrophobia, &c.:—pl. Zoön′osēs. [Gr. zōon, an animal, nosos, disease.]
Zoopathology, zō-ō-pa-thol′ō-ji, n. the study of disease in animals. [Gr. zōon, an animal, pathology.]