Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Zoanthus

‖Zo‐an″thus (?), n. [NL. See Zoantharia.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Actinaria, including numerous species, found mostly in tropical seas. The zooids or polyps resemble small, elongated...

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Zobo

‖Zo″bo (?), n.(Zoöl.) A kind of domestic cattle reared in Asia for its flesh and milk. It is supposed to be a hybrid between the zebu and the yak.

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Zocco

{ Zoc″co (?), Zoc″co‐lo (?), } n. [It. fr. L. socculus. See Socle, and cf. Zacco.] (Arch.) Same as Socle.

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Zocle

Zo″cle (?; 277), n.(Arch.) Same as Socle.

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Zodiac

Zo″di‐ac (?), n. [F. zodiaque (cf. It. zodiaco), fr. L. zodiacus, Gr. � (sc. �), fr. �, dim. of ζῳ̑ον an animal, akin to � living, � to live.]1. (Astron.) (a) An imaginary belt ...

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Zodiacal

Zo‐di″a‐cal (?), a. [Cf. F. zodiacal.] (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the zodiac; situated within the zodiac; as, the zodiacal planets.Zodiacal light, a luminous tract of the sky...

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Zoëa

‖Zo″ë‐a (?), n.(Zoöl.) A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea, especially of crabs and certain Anomura. [Written also zoæa.]☞ In this stage the anterior part of th...

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Zoetrope

Zo″e‐trope (?), n. An optical toy, in which figures made to revolve on the inside of a cylinder, and viewed through slits in its circumference, appear like a single figure passi...

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Zohar

‖Zo″har (?), n. [Heb. zōhar candor, splendor.] A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d. Moder...

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Zoic

Zo″ic (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to animals, or animal life.

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Zoide

Zo″ide (?), n.(Biol.) See Meride.

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Zoilean

Zo‐il″e‐an (?), a. Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ.

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Zoilism

Zo″i‐lism (?), n. Resemblance to Zoilus in style or manner; carping criticism; detraction.Bring candid eyes the perusal of men's works, and let not Zoilism or detraction blast w...

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Zoisite

Zois″ite (?), n. [After its discoverer, Von Zois, an Austrian mineralogist.] (Min.) A grayish or whitish mineral occurring in orthorhombic, prismatic crystals, also in columnar ...

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Zoism

Zo″ism (?), n. [Gr. ζωή life + -ism.] 1. Reverence for animal life or belief in animal powers and influences, as among savages.2. (Biol.) A doctrine, now discarded, that the phe...

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Zokor

‖Zo″kor (?), n.(Zoöl.) An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling the mole rat. It is native of the Altai Mountains.

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Zolaesque

Zo′la‐esque″ (?), a. In the style of Zola (see Zolaism).

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Zolaism

Zo″la‐ism (?), n. The literary theories and practices of the French novelist Emile Zola (1840-1902); naturalism, esp. in a derogatory sense. — Zo″la‐ist, n. — Zo′la‐is″tic (#), ...

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Zöllner's lines

Zöll″ner's lines′ (?). [So called after Friedrich Zöllner, a German physicist.] Parallel lines that are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections.

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Zollverein

‖Zoll″ve‐rein′ (?), n. [G., from zoll duty + verein union.] Literally, a customs union; specifically, applied to the several customs unions successively formed under the leaders...

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Zomboruk

Zom″bo‐ruk (?), n.(Mil.) See Zumbooruk.

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Zona

‖Zo″na (?), n.; pl.Zonæ (#). [L., a girdle. See Zone.] A zone or band; a layer.Zona pellucida. (Biol.) (a) The outer transparent layer, or envelope, of the ovum. It is a more or...

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Zonal

Zon″al (?), a. [L. zonalis.] Of or pertaining to a zone; having the form of a zone or zones.Zonal equation(Crystallog.), the mathematical relation which belongs to all the plane...

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Zonar

Zo″nar (?), n. [Mod. Gr. � a girdle, fr. Gr. �, dim. of � a girdle. See Zone.] A belt or girdle which the Christians and Jews of the Levant were obliged to wear to distinguish t...

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Zonaria

‖Zo‐na″ri‐a (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of Mammalia in which the placenta is zonelike.

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Zonate

Zon″ate (?), a.(Bot.) Divided by parallel planes; as, zonate tetraspores, found in certain red algæ.

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Zone

Zone (zōn), n. [F. zone, L. zona, Gr. ζώνη; akin to ζωννύναι to gird, Lith. jůsta a girdle, jůsti to gird, Zend yāh.] 1. A girdle; a cincture.An embroidered zone surrounds her w...