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zoophagous (adj.)
"carnivorous," 1840, from zoo- "animal" + -phagous "eating." Related: Zoophagy; zoophage.
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zoophilia (n.)
"attraction to animals involving release of sexual energy," 1899, in a translation of Krafft-Ebing, from zoo- "animal" + -philia. "[F]ormerly not implying sexual intercourse or bestiality" [OED]. The meaning "sympathy or tender care for living creatures" is in the nativized formation zoophily (1886).
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zoophobia (n.)
1901, from zoo- "animal" + -phobia. Related: Zoophobic; zoophobe.
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zooplankton (n.)
1901, from zoo- "animal" + plankton.
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zoot suit (n.)
1942, American English slang, the first element probably a nonsense reduplication of suit (compare reet pleat, drape shape from the same jargon).
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zooxanthella (n.)
plural zooxanthellae, yellow pigmentary particles found in nature, 1889, from German (Brandt, 1881), from Greek zoion "animal" (from PIE root *gwei- "to live") + xantho- "yellow" (see xantho-) + Latin suffix -ella.
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zori (n.)
1823, from Japanese zori, from so "grass, (rice) straw" + ri "footwear, sole."
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Zoroastrian (adj.)
1743, from Zoroaster, from Latin Zoroastres, from Old Persian Zarathushtra, 6c. or 7c. B.C.E. Persian religious teacher. The name appears to be literally "whose camels are old," from *zarant "old" (cognate with Greek geron, genitive gerontos "old;" see gerontology) + ushtra "camel." As a noun from 1811.
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Zoroastrianism (n.)
1854, from Zoroastrian + -ism.
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zorro (n.)
1838, "South American fox-wolf," from Spanish zorro, masc. of zorra "fox," from Basque azaria "fox." The comic book hero, a variation on the Robin Hood theme set in old Spanish California, was created 1919 by U.S. writer Johnston McCulley (1883-1958).
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