zoogony

English

Noun

zoogony (usually uncountable, plural zoogonies)

1. Alternative form of zoogeny
   • 2008, Andrew Gregory, Ancient Greek Cosmogony:

     If so, this piece of zoogony is not myth or outright speculation, but is based, however loosely, on observational knowledge.

   • 2014, Armand Marie Leroi, The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science, page 289:

     Aristotle mentions neither. Indeed, he says very little about origin-of-life or species theories. When attacking Empedocles he, rightly or wrongly, treats his zoogony as embryology.