Zoëa
(||Zo"ë*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. life.] (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 the body is relatively large, and usually bears three or four long spines.
The years are conspicuous, and the antennæ and jaws are long, fringed organs used in swimming. The
thoracic legs are undeveloped or rudimentary, the abdomen long, slender, and often without appendages.
The zoëa, after casting its shell, changes to a megalops.
Zoetrope
(Zo"e*trope) n. [Gr. life + turning, from to turn.] 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
(||Zo"har) n. [Heb. zohar 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. Modern critics believe it to be
a compilation of the 13th century. Encyc. Brit.
Zoic
(Zo"ic) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to animals, or animal life.
Zoide
(Zo"ide) n. (Biol.) See Meride.
Zoilean
(Zo*il"e*an) a. Having the characteristic of Zoilus, a bitter, envious, unjust critic, who lived about
270 years before Christ.
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 well-intended labors.
Sir T. Browne. 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 masses. It is a silicate of alumina
and lime, and is allied to epidote.
Zokor
(||Zo"kor) n. (Zoöl.) An Asiatic burrowing rodent (Siphneus aspalax) resembling the mole rat. It is
native of the Altai Mountains.
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 leadership of Prussia among certain
German states for establishing liberty of commerce among themselves and common tariff on imports,
exports, and transit.
In 1834 a zollverein was established which included most of the principal German states except Austria.
This was terminated by the events of 1866, and in 1867 a more closely organized union was formed,
the administration of which was ultimately merged in that of the new German empire, with which it nearly
corresponds territorially.
Zomboruk
(Zom"bo*ruk) n. (Mil.) See Zumbooruk.
Zona
(||Zo"na) n.; pl. Zonæ [L., a girdle. See Zone.] A zone or band; a layer.
