zodiographer

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noun

One who writes about the description and behavior of animal.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

nounzodiographer (plural zodiographers)

plural zodiographers

  1. rareOne who writes about the description and behavior of animal.

    I’m sure even the zodiographers can be wrong – chanted Éfhelìnye.

    1988, James W. McCleary, Puey and the Princess
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    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

Origin

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

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APA

zodiographer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zodiographer

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“zodiographer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zodiographer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zodiographer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zodiographer.

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