单词 | zoochorous |
释义 | zoochorousadj. Ecology. Of a plant: having seeds, spores, etc., dispersed by animals. Also: designating this mode of dispersal.Cf. anemochorous adj., anthropochorous adj., hydro-chorous adj. at hydro- comb. form 7, myrmecochorous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > plant having seed > [adjective] > of or characterized by dispersal of seeds zoophilous1881 zoochorous1904 hydro-chorous1905 myrmecochorous1908 hydro-choric1940 1904 F. E. Clements in Bot. Surv. Nebraska No. 7. 48 Species..that are found in the shelter of forests and thickets are usually zoochorous. 1975 Auk 92 40 The adaptations of zoochorous plants that make them attractive to birds delight landscapers. 1999 K. Van Rheede van Oudtshoorn & M. W. van Rooyen Dispersal Biol. Desert Plants ix. 171 Only 14% of the species in the Central Lower Karoo are zoochorous. 2014 A. Traveset et al. in R. S. Gallagher Seeds (ed. 3) iii. 67/2 Zoochorous dispersal usually occurs during the rainy season. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1904 |
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