zoochory

English

WOTD – 22 August 2010

Etymology

From zoo- +‎ -chory.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzəʊəˌkɔːɹi/, /ˈzuːəˌkɔːɹi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

zoochory (uncountable)

1. The dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by animals.

Hyponyms

• myrmecochory
• ornithochory

Coordinate terms

• anemochory
• barochory
• hydrochory

Related terms

• diszoochory
• ectozoochory
• endozoochory
• synzoochory
• zoochore
• zoochoric

Translations

dispersion of plants by animals

• Armenian: զոոխորիա (hy) (zooxoria)
• Estonian: zoohooria
• Finnish: zookoria
• French: zoochorie (fr) f
• German: Zoochorie (de) f
• Italian: zoocoria f
• Russian: зоохори́я (ru) f (zooxoríja)