Zoned
(Zoned) a.

1. Wearing a zone, or girdle. Pope.

2. Having zones, or concentric bands; striped.

3. (Bot.) Zonate.

Zoneless
(Zone"less) a. Not having a zone; ungirded.

The reeling goddess with the zoneless waist.
Cowper.

In careless folds, loose fell her zoneless vest.
Mason.

Zonnar
(Zon"nar) n. See Zonar.

Zonular
(Zon"u*lar) a. Of or pertaining to a zone; zone-shaped. "The zonular type of a placenta." Dana.

Zonule
(Zon"ule) n. A little zone, or girdle.

Zonulet
(Zon"u*let) n. A zonule. Herrick.

Zonure
(Zon"ure) n. [Zone + Gr. tail.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonura, common in rocky situations.

Zoö-
(Zo"ö-) A combining form from Gr. zwo^,n an animal, as in zoögenic, zoölogy, etc.

Zoöchemical
(Zo`ö*chem"ic*al) a. Pertaining to zoöchemistry.

Zoöchemistry
(Zo`ö*chem"is*try) n. [Zoö- + chemistry.] Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.

Zoöchemy
(Zo*öch"e*my) n. [Zoö- + Gr. alchemy.] Animal chemistry; zoöchemistry. Dunglison.

Zoöchlorella
(||Zo`ö*chlo*rel"la) n. [NL., dim. from Gr. zw^,on an animal + green.] (Zoöl.) One of the small green granulelike bodies found in the interior of certain stentors, hydras, and other invertebrates.

Zoöcyst
(Zo"ö*cyst) n. [Zoö- + cyst.] (Biol.) A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of which becomes a germ.

Zoöcytium
(||Zo`ö*cy"ti*um) n.; pl. Zoöcytia [NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal + a hollow vessel.] (Zoöl.) The common support, often branched, of certain species of social Infusoria.

Zoödendrium
(||Zo`ö*den"dri*um) n.; pl. Zoödendria [NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal + a tree.] (Zoöl.) The branched, and often treelike, support of the colonies of certain Infusoria.

Zoœcium
(||Zo*œ"ci*um) n.; pl. Zoœcia [NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal + house.] (Zoöl.) One of the cells or tubes which inclose the feeling zooids of Bryozoa. See Illust. of Sea Moss.

Zoöerythrine
(Zo`ö*e*ryth"rine) n. [Zoö- + Gr. red.] (Zoöl.) A peculiar organic red coloring matter found in the feathers of various birds.

Zoögamous
(Zo*ög"a*mous) a. [Zoö- + Gr. marriage.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining zoögamy.

Zoögamy
(Zo*ög"a*my) n. (Biol.) The sexual reproduction of animals.


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