zoophagousadj.

Brit.

/zuːˈɒfəɡəs/,

/zəʊˈɒfəɡəs/, U.S.

/zuˈɑfəɡəs/,

/zoʊˈɑfəɡəs/

Forms: 1700s– zoophagous, 1800s–1900s zoöphagous.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: zoo- comb. form, -phagous comb. form.

Etymology: < zoo- comb. form + -phagous comb. form, after (a) French zoophage carnivorous (1786 in the passage translated in quot. 1788; 1700 as noun denoting a carnivore), designating a division of gastropod molluscs ( J. B. Lamarck Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres VII. (1822) 60; also 1822 as plural noun: see zoophagan n.), and also after (b) scientific Latin Zoophaga, taxonomic name (see zoophagan n.). Compare ancient Greek ζῳοϕάγος carnivorous.

Feeding on animals or animal matter; carnivorous; insectivorous; (formerly) spec. †belonging to either of two taxonomic groups called Zoophaga (see zoophagan n.) (obsolete).

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carnivorous1646

zoophagous1788

1788 W. Nicholson tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Elements Nat. Hist. & Chem. IV. 418 Zoophagous animals [Fr. des animaux zoophages], whose humours are more attenuated than most quadrupeds;..must possess stronger and more numerous virtues.

1822 Monthly Rev. Dec. 485 The divisions and subdivisions of the Trachelipoda, or third order of Mollusca, are necessarily more complex; but the subordinate titles are ranged under one of two sections, the first of which comprizes the Phytophagous, and the second the Zoophagous sorts.

1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvi. 70 Zoophagous animals, or those which attack and devour living animals.

1841 Trans. Zool. Soc. 2 321 The false molars are simply conical, but more compressed than in the Zoophagous Marsupials.

1881 Nature 3 Feb. 324/1 The countless host of animals that inhabit the depths of the ocean, all of which are necessarily zoophagous.

1897 B. Stoker Dracula vi. 72 I shall have to invent a new classification for him, and call him a zoophagous (life-eating) maniac.

1954 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 23 234 He described differences between those larvae which fed on dung and those larvae which were zoophagous.

1994 Hydrobiologia 279 153/1 During the migration period.., transient birds are essentially zoophagous.

2006 Biodiversity & Conservation 15 289 There were significantly more zoophagous bug species in wildflower areas than in pastures.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zoophagous
释义	zoophagousadj. Brit. /zuːˈɒfəɡəs/, /zəʊˈɒfəɡəs/, U.S. /zuˈɑfəɡəs/, /zoʊˈɑfəɡəs/ Forms: 1700s– zoophagous, 1800s–1900s zoöphagous. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: zoo- comb. form, -phagous comb. form. Etymology: < zoo- comb. form + -phagous comb. form, after (a) French zoophage carnivorous (1786 in the passage translated in quot. 1788; 1700 as noun denoting a carnivore), designating a division of gastropod molluscs ( J. B. Lamarck Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres VII. (1822) 60; also 1822 as plural noun: see zoophagan n.), and also after (b) scientific Latin Zoophaga, taxonomic name (see zoophagan n.). Compare ancient Greek ζῳοϕάγος carnivorous. Feeding on animals or animal matter; carnivorous; insectivorous; (formerly) spec. †belonging to either of two taxonomic groups called Zoophaga (see zoophagan n.) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by eating habits > [adjective] > carnivorous carnivorous1646 zoophagous1788 1788 W. Nicholson tr. A.-F. de Fourcroy Elements Nat. Hist. & Chem. IV. 418 Zoophagous animals [Fr. des animaux zoophages], whose humours are more attenuated than most quadrupeds;..must possess stronger and more numerous virtues. 1822 Monthly Rev. Dec. 485 The divisions and subdivisions of the Trachelipoda, or third order of Mollusca, are necessarily more complex; but the subordinate titles are ranged under one of two sections, the first of which comprizes the Phytophagous, and the second the Zoophagous sorts. 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xvi. 70 Zoophagous animals, or those which attack and devour living animals. 1841 Trans. Zool. Soc. 2 321 The false molars are simply conical, but more compressed than in the Zoophagous Marsupials. 1881 Nature 3 Feb. 324/1 The countless host of animals that inhabit the depths of the ocean, all of which are necessarily zoophagous. 1897 B. Stoker Dracula vi. 72 I shall have to invent a new classification for him, and call him a zoophagous (life-eating) maniac. 1954 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 23 234 He described differences between those larvae which fed on dung and those larvae which were zoophagous. 1994 Hydrobiologia 279 153/1 During the migration period.., transient birds are essentially zoophagous. 2006 Biodiversity & Conservation 15 289 There were significantly more zoophagous bug species in wildflower areas than in pastures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1788
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