ZOOMORPHISM; ZOOEMORPHISM
Zo`ö*mor"phism, n.
1. The transformation of men into beasts. [R.] Smart.
2. The quality of representing or using animal forms; as, zoömorphism in ornament.
3. The representation of God, or of gods, in the form, or with the attributes, of the lower animals. To avoid the error of anthropomorphism, we fall into the vastly greater, and more absurd, error of zoömorphism. Mivart.
ZOON; ZOOEN Zo"ön, n.; pl. Zoa. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) An animal which is the sole product of a single egg; — opposed to zooid. H. Spencer. (b) Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.
ZOONIC; ZOOENIC
Zo*ön"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. zoonique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to animals; obtained from animal substances.
ZOONITE; ZOOENITE Zo"ö*nite, n. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal. (b) One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal.
ZOONOMY; ZOOENOMY
Zo*ön"o*my, n. Etym: [Zoö- + Gr. zoonomie.]
Defn: The laws animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.