zoo

A combining form from Gr. zww^, n an animal, as in zoogenic, zoology, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to zoochemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Zoo- + chemistry. ] Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Zoo- + Gr. &unr_; alchemy. ] Animal chemistry; zoochemistry. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., dim. from Gr. zw^, on an animal + &unr_; green. ] (Zool.) One of the small green granulelike bodies found in the interior of certain stentors, hydras, and other invertebrates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Zoo- + cyst. ] (Biol.) A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of which becomes a germ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Zoocytia [ NL., fr. Gr. zw^, on an animal + &unr_; a hollow vessel. ] (Zool.) The common support, often branched, of certain species of social Infusoria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Zoodendria [ NL., fr. Gr. zw^, on an animal + &unr_; a tree. ] (Zool.) The branched, and often treelike, support of the colonies of certain Infusoria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Zooecia [ NL., fr. Gr. zw^, on an animal + &unr_; house. ] (Zool.) One of the cells or tubes which inclose the feeling zooids of Bryozoa. See Illust. of Sea Moss. [ 1913 Webster ]