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A pigment giving the black color to the feathers of many birds.

Of or pertaining to zoömorphism.

The transformation of men into beasts. [R.] Smart.

An animal which is the sole product of a single egg; -- opposed to zooid. H. Spencer.

Of or pertaining to animals; obtained from animal substances.

One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal.

The laws animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations.

Same as Zoönite.

Animal pathology.

An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.

A animal that feeds on animal food.

Feeding on animals.

A lover of animals. Southey.

Love of animals.

A zoöphyte. [R.]

Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal; as, a zoöphoric column.

The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.

and heterogeneous group of animals, formerly adopted by many zoölogists. It included the coelenterates, echinoderms, sponges, Bryozoa, Protozoa, etc.

Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids.…

Of or pertaining to zoöphytes.