† oozoan.

Forms: 1800s oozoa, 1800s oözoa.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Oozoa.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Oozoa (plural) < oo- oo- comb. form + -zoa -zoa comb. form, so called from their resemblance to ova. Attributed in quot. 1835 at main sense and elsewhere to C. G. Carus, but this has not been traced. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ō^uˌozō^u·ă) /əʊəʊˈzəʊə/.

Zoology. Obsolete.

Unicellular animals collectively; protozoa.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > [noun]

cryptozoa1794

Protozoa1825

oozoa1835

hypozoa1887

1835 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 48/2 They [sc. the Acrita or Protozoa] are analogous to the ova or germs of the higher classes, and have, therefore, been termed by Carus Oozoa.

1881 J. Cleland Evol., Expression & Sensation i. 9 Oken appreciated the correspondence between the ovum, the beginning of life in the complex animal, and the ‘oozoa’ or simplest forms of animals.

1897 Science 29 Jan. 162/2 This author directly compares his cystic or intestinal animals, Infusoria, with ova, and speaks of them as oozoa.

Derivatives

† oozoan n. Obsolete rare a protozoan.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Oözoan, a member of the Oözoa; a protozoan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	oozoa
释义	† oozoan. Forms: 1800s oozoa, 1800s oözoa. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Oozoa. Etymology: < scientific Latin Oozoa (plural) < oo- oo- comb. form + -zoa -zoa comb. form, so called from their resemblance to ova. Attributed in quot. 1835 at main sense and elsewhere to C. G. Carus, but this has not been traced. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ō^uˌozō^u·ă) /əʊəʊˈzəʊə/. Zoology. Obsolete. Unicellular animals collectively; protozoa. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > [noun] cryptozoa1794 Protozoa1825 oozoa1835 hypozoa1887 1835 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 48/2 They [sc. the Acrita or Protozoa] are analogous to the ova or germs of the higher classes, and have, therefore, been termed by Carus Oozoa. 1881 J. Cleland Evol., Expression & Sensation i. 9 Oken appreciated the correspondence between the ovum, the beginning of life in the complex animal, and the ‘oozoa’ or simplest forms of animals. 1897 Science 29 Jan. 162/2 This author directly compares his cystic or intestinal animals, Infusoria, with ova, and speaks of them as oozoa. Derivatives † oozoan n. Obsolete rare a protozoan.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Oözoan, a member of the Oözoa; a protozoan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1835
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