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zoography Now rare or Obs.|zəʊˈɒgrəfɪ|
[f. Gr. ζῷον animal + -γραϕία, -graphy.]
1. Description of animals; descriptive zoology.
1593R. Harvey Philad. 97 When men play the parts of beasts, let them go among the numbers of cattel in Zoography. 1651H. More Second Lash in Enthus. Tri., etc. (1656) 194 We are now come to that rare piece of Zoography of thine, the world drawn out in the shape of an Animal. 1697Swift T. Tub Ep. Ded. (1704) 8, I was grosly mistaken in the Zoography and Topography of them. 1807W. Wood (title) Zoography; or the Beauties of Nature, displayed in Select Descriptions from the Animal and Vegetable..Kingdom. 1865Nat. Hist. Rev. July 352 With regard to species and groups of species, (a) their complete description or Zoography; (b) their systematic arrangement or Taxonomy.
2. The art of depicting animals; pictorial art in general.
(Repr. Gr. ζῳγραϕία: not an Eng. sense.)
1656Blount Glossogr., Zoography..the painting or picturing of beasts. 1814W. Taylor [see zoographer 2]. |