Zoömorphic
(Zo`ö*mor"phic) a. [Zoö- + Gr. form.] Of or pertaining to zoömorphism.
Zoömorphism
(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. Zoön
(||Zo"ön) n.; pl. Zoa [NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal.] (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.
Zoönic
(Zo*ön"ic) a. [Gr. zw^,on an animal: cf. F. zoonique.] Of or pertaining to animals; obtained from
animal substances.
Zoönite
(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.
Zoönomy
(Zo*ön"o*my) n. [Zoö- + Gr. a law: cf. F. zoonomie.] The laws of animal life, or the science
which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.
Zoönule
(Zo"ö*nule) n. [Dim. fr. Gr. zw^,on an animal.] (Zoöl.) Same as Zoönite.
Zoöpathology
(Zo`ö*pa*thol"o*gy) n. [Zoö- + pathology.] Animal pathology.
