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zodiographer en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion) (diminutive of ζῶον (zôon, “animal”)) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”) + -er.

Meanings

1. (rare) One who writes about the description and behavior of animal.
   • Notwithstanding upon enquiry we find no mention hereof in Ancient Zodiographers, and such as have particularly discoursed upon Animals, as Aristotle, Elian, Pliny, Solinus and many more; who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature,and have been very punctual in less considerable Records. 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, page 285:
   • Being a zodiographer herself, she enjoyed seeing how her grandfather and his generation had meticulously recorded every new species they could find and how they had made names for themselves in the process. 2017, Penny Luker, The Mermaid - Short stories for adults, page 127:
   • I’m sure even the zodiographers can be wrong – chanted Éfhelìnye. 1988, James W. McCleary, Puey and the Princess:

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writer