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Zirconoid
n.
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A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonal crystals; -- so called because this form often occurs in crystals of zircon.
Zither
n.
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An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.]
Zittern
n.
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See Cittern.
Zoanthacea
n. pl.
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A suborder of Actinaria, including Zoanthus and allied genera, which are permanently attached by their bases.
Zoantharia
n. pl.
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Same as Anthozoa.
Zoantharian
a.
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Of or pertaining to the Zoantharia.
Zoantharian
n.
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One of the Anthozoa.
Zoanthodeme
n.
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The zooids of a compound anthozoan, collectively.
Zoanthoid
a.
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Of or pertaining to the Zoanthacea.
Zoanthropy
n.
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A kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals.
Zoanthus
n.
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A genus of Actinaria, including numerous species, found mostly in tropical seas. The zooids or polyps resemble small, elongated actinias united together at their bases by fleshy stolons, and thus forming extensive groups. The tentacles are small and bright colored.
Zobo
n.
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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.
Zocle
n.
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Same as Socle.
Zocco
n.
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Alt. of Zoccolo
Zoccolo
n.
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Same as Socle.
Zodiac
n.
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An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16¡ or 18¡ broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac.
Zodiac
n.
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A figure representing the signs, symbols, and constellations of the zodiac.
Zodiac
n.
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A girdle; a belt.
Zodiacal
a.
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Of or pertaining to the zodiac; situated within the zodiac; as, the zodiacal planets.
Zoea
n.
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A peculiar larval stage of certain decapod Crustacea, especially of crabs and certain Anomura.
Zoetrope
n.
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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 passing through a series of natural motions as if animated or mechanically moved.
Zohar
n.
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A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century.
Zoic
a.
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Of or pertaining to animals, or animal life.
Zoide
n.
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See Meride.
Zoilean
a.
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Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about 270 years before Christ.
Zoilism
n.
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Resemblance to Zoilus in style or manner; carping criticism; detraction.
Zoisite
n.
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A grayish or whitish mineral occurring in orthorhombic, prismatic crystals, also in columnar masses. It is a silicate of alumina and lime, and is allied to epidote.
Zokor
n.
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An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling the mole rat. It is native of the Altai Mountains.
Zomboruk
n.
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See Zumbooruk.
Zonae
pl.
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of Zona