zoographicaladj.
/ˌzuː(ə)ˈɡrafᵻkl/, /ˌzəʊəˈɡrafᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌzu(ə)ˈɡræfək(ə)l/, /ˌzoʊəˈɡræfək(ə)l/ Of or relating to the description or representation of animals; esp. of or relating to the scientific description or study of animals and their characteristics. Cf. zoographic adj.
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the world > animals > [adjective] > describing or representing
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [adjective] > painting of animals
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1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix 66 Now to passe my censure on this rare Zoographicall peice.
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Zoographical, belonging to a Zoographer, an author of Zoography, a description (or painting) of beasts.
?1800 C. F. Schneider Danish Gram. 183 The school posesses a very good Zoographical Library.
1829 Q. Jrnl. Sci., Lit. & Art 339 An obvious external character will be commonly the most useful sign; not only in a popular, but also in every system of zoographical arrangement.
1856 G. J. Allman Monogr. Fresh-water Polyzoa 43 Before commencing the zoographical portion of the present memoir, there still remains to be considered a subject of great interest to the philosophical zoologist.
1902 Geogr. Jrnl. 19 515 A full review of all geographical, geodetical, zoographical..and statistical work done every year both in Russia and elsewhere.
1962 Geogr. Jrnl. 128 337 Physical maps, comprising geological, climatic, phenological, hydrographical, botanical and zoographical maps.
2004 Asian Folklore Stud. 63 98 The Arab encyclopaediast an-Nuwairi..classified it in the zoographical part of his work as belonging to the ‘poisonous animals’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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