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zootype
zootype n. 
/ˈzəʊətʌɪp/, /ˈzu(ə)ˌtaɪp/ (a) an animal, or figure of an animal, used as the symbolic representation of a god; (b) a spatial pattern of gene expression shared by all animal phyla; a stage of embryonic development characterized by the expression of such a pattern.
Brit. /ˈzuː(ə)tʌɪp/
, /ˈzuː(ə)tʌɪp//ˈzəʊətʌɪp/U.S. /ˈzoʊəˌtaɪp/
, /ˈzoʊəˌtaɪp//ˈzu(ə)ˌtaɪp/ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol > worshipped by specific people
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > specific thing as > animal as
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society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > hieroglyphics > specific
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1883 G. Massey Nat. Genesis II. 325 The four zoötypes of the four elements..the crocodile of earth ; the phœnix of the solar fire ; the ape of air ; and the fish or hippopotamus of the waters.
1972 Central Asiatic Jrnl. 16 14 The zootype was depicted..with muscular body, bristling fur, lean and flat head, baring its fangs into a snarl.
1993 J. M. W. Slack et al. in Nature 11 Feb. 490/1 We propose that an animal is an organism that displays a particular spatial pattern of gene expression, and we define this pattern as the zootype.
2000 Systematic Biol. 49 9/2 The zootype is the point in development when genes specifying relative positions, such as Hox genes, are being expressed.
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