zoo-, zoa-, zo-, -zoic, -zoid, -zoite, -zoal, -zonal, -zooid, -zoon, -zoa, -zoan +

Describing the relationship between geography and animal life; especially, the effect of geographical barriers such as deserts, mountain ranges, or oceans on the type of animal life found in various areas.

1. Any of the major geographical areas into which the earth is divided on the basis of distinct forms of animal life or fauna; e.g., the Australin region includes marsupial and monotreme forms not found elsewhere. Also known as zoogeographic(al) realm.
2. Nine such regions are recognized: Palaearctic (Northern Europe and Asia), Nearctic (North America, Greenland, etc.), Ethiopian (Africa and Arabia), Madagascan, Neotropical (Mexico, Central and South America), Oriental (India, Burma, and S.E. Asia west of Wallace's Line), Australasian (Australia, New Guinea, and islands S.E. Of Wallace's Line), New Zealand (including neighboring islands), Polynesian (numerous pacific islands of volcanic origin having no apparent connection with the continents).

1. The study of the geographical distribution of animals and animal communities.
2. The scientific study of the areas where different animals live and the causes and effects of such distribution, especially distributions on a large or global scale.

1. A colony of microbes embedded in a gelatinous matrix (a substance in which something is enclosed).
2. A jellylike cluster of bacteria swollen by the absorption of fluids from the medium in which they are grown.
3. A gelatinous mass of bacterial cells produced by certain genuses; such as, Zoogloea ramigera; used to treat sewage.

Viviparous; that is, producing live offspring from within the body of the parent.

A graft of tissue from an animal to a human; animal graft; zooplastic graft.

1. One who describes animals; a descriptive zoologist.
2. A painter or depicter of animals.

1. Description of animals; descriptive zoology.
2. The art of depicting animals.

An animal hormone.

1. Resembling an animal; an organism or object with an animal-like appearance.
2. An animal cell capable of independent existence or movement, as the ovum or a spermatozoon, or the segment of a tapeworm.
3. An individual invertebrate animal that reproduces nonsexually by budding or spliting, especially one that lives in a colony in which each member is joined to others by living material, e.g., a coral.
4. An individual forming part of a colony; a polyp (characterized by a more or less fixed base, columnar body, and free end with mouth and tentacles).

An abbreviation of zoology or zoological.

1. Sexual attraction towards animals; sexual bestiality.
2. Sexual desire for animals.

Someone who either worships or gives excessive attention to animals.

A tendency towards worship or excessive attention to animals.

1. In some ancient cultures, the worshiping of animals.
2. Excessive devotion to animals, especially domestic pets.