单词 | zoophile |
释义 | zoophilen. 1. A person who is very fond of, or compassionate towards, animals; an opponent of cruelty to animals, esp. an antivivisectionist (cf. zoophilist n., zoophilite n.). Also: a person who is sexually attracted to animals (cf. zoophilia n. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > one who loves or is kind to animals philobrutist1826 zoophile1885 animal lover1891 the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [noun] > dissection > vivisection quick dissection1578 anatomy1607 vivisection1707 vivisecting1876 zoophile1885 sentisection1889 1885 Our Corner Aug. 91 Sympathetic zoophiles conceive a decapitated frog..as writhing in agony. 1897 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 1896 18 143 For our present purpose let such persons be classified as Zoophiles—antivivisectionists. 1939 A. C. McClurg Illinois 249 The Anti-Cruelty Society..maintains an establishment that would delight the most ardent zoophile. 1994 N. Baker Fermata xiv. 200 Marian was not a committed zoophile, though—at least she didn't think of herself as one. 2001 I. Sinclair Landor's Tower (2002) i. iii. 32 Zoophiles gabbed while their beasts were..snapping at cyclists. 2. Ecology. A zoophilous plant, seed, etc. See zoophilous adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [noun] > dispersal of seeds > plant characterized by method of zoophile1895 zoochore1904 hydro-chore1905 myrmecochore1972 1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 501 The seeds which are aided by this mode of dissemination are called zoöphiles. 1986 C. Puff Biosystematic Study Afr. & Madagascan Rubiaceae-Anthospermeae c xii. 133 Flowers of numerous taxa exhibit features which are ‘intermediate’ between ‘typical’ zoophiles and ‘typical’ anemophiles. 2008 Eukaryotic Cell 7 1238/2 Comparative analysis of genome sequence from geophiles, zoophiles, and anthropophiles will identify loci required for mating competence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1885 |
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