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Meaning of "zoochorous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ZOOCHOROUS

From zoo- + -chore + -ous.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ZOOCHOROUS

zoochorous  [ˌzəʊəˈkɔːrəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZOOCHOROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Zoochorous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ZOOCHOROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

zoochorous

Seed dispersal

Seed dispersal is the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant. Plants have limited mobility and consequently rely upon a variety of dispersal vectors to transport their propagules, including both abiotic and biotic vectors. Seeds can be dispersed away from the parent plant individually or collectively, as well as dispersed in both space and time. The patterns of seed dispersal are determined in large part by the dispersal mechanism and this has important implications for the demographic and genetic structure of plant populations, as well as migration patterns and species interactions. There are five main modes of seed dispersal: gravity, wind, ballistic, water and by animals. Some plants are serotinous and only disperse their seeds in response to an environmental stimulus. It can be measured using seed traps.

Definition of zoochorous in the English dictionary

The definition of zoochorous in the dictionary is having the spores or seeds dispersed by animals.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ZOOCHOROUS


allosaurus
ˌæləˈsɔːrəs
anemochorous
əˌniːməʊˈkɔːrəs
ankylosaurus
ˌæŋkɪləʊˈsɔːrəs
apatosaurus
əˌpætəˈsɔːrəs
brachiosaurus
ˌbreɪkɪəˈsɔːrəs
Centaurus
sɛnˈtɔːrəs
chorus
ˈkɔːrəs
Epidaurus
ˌɛpɪˈdɔːrəs
Horus
ˈhɔːrəs
Matamoros
ˌmætəˈmɔːrəs
Miraflores
ˌmɪrəˈflɔːrəs
nonporous
nɒnˈpɔːrəs
porous
ˈpɔːrəs
pylorus
paɪˈlɔːrəs
semichorus
ˈsɛmɪˌkɔːrəs
sonorous
səˈnɔːrəs
Taurus
ˈtɔːrəs
thesaurus
θɪˈsɔːrəs
torus
ˈtɔːrəs
tyrannosaurus
tɪˌrænəˈsɔːrəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ZOOCHOROUS

zoo
zoo doo
zoo keeper
zoobiotic
zooblast
zoocephalic
zoochemical
zoochemistry
zoochore
zoochory
zooculture
zoocytium
zoodendria
zoodendrium
zooeal
zooecium
zooey
zoogamete
zoogamous
zoogamy

WORDS THAT END LIKE ZOOCHOROUS

amorous
carnivorous
dangerous
decorous
dolorous
glamorous
herbivorous
humorous
indecorous
insectivorous
malodorous
microporous
phosphorous
rancorous
rigorous
splendorous
stertorous
tumorous
unglamorous
vaporous
vigorous

Synonyms and antonyms of zoochorous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «zoochorous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ZOOCHOROUS

Find out the translation of zoochorous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of zoochorous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «zoochorous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

zoochorous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

zoocoras
570 millions of speakers

English

zoochorous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

zoochorous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

zoochorous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

zoochorous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

zoocóricas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

zoochorous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

zoochorous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zoochorous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zoochorous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

zoochorous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

zoochorous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Zoochorous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

zoochorous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

zoochorous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिडखोर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zoochorous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

zoochorous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zoochorous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

zoochorous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zoochorous
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

zoochorous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zoochorous
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

zoochorous
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

zoochorous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of zoochorous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ZOOCHOROUS»

The term «zoochorous» is barely ever used and occupies the 207.195 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ZOOCHOROUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about zoochorous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZOOCHOROUS»

Discover the use of zoochorous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to zoochorous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Forest Diversity and Management
... heliophillous la Holcus lanatus II Anemochorous >50 cm heliophillous mo Holcus mollis H Zoochorous 30-50 cm heliophillous mu Hordeum murinum Th Anemochorous 1-30 cm heliophillous ra Hypochaeris radicata H Anemochorous 30-50 ...
D. L. Hawksworth, Alan T. Bull, 2007
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Tropical Dry Forests in the Americas: Ecology, Conservation, ...
100 III control seeds 80 I buried seeds 60 40 Germination (%) 20 Ane Storage period (days) FIGURE 16.5 Average percentage germination of zoochorous (zoo) , anemochorous (ane), and autochorous (auto) species stored under laboratory ...
Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, Jennifer S. Powers, Geraldo W. Fernandes, 2013
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Restoration of Coastal Dunes
.U . zoochorous ornitochorous physical vectors No. of species Dispersal syndrome Fig. 14.6 Relationship between seed dispersal syndromes and species growth forms (woody and herbaceous) Table 14.1 List of the most frequent species and ...
Luisa M Martínez, Juan B. Gallego-Fernández, Patrick A. Hesp, 2013
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Nouragues: Dynamics and Plant-Animal Interactions in a ...
Chapter 25) Rodontochory is found in many plant species, including species which are primarily zoochorous or anemochorous. This secondary transport ( Janzen 1986, Smythe 1970, Vander Wall 1992) can have either a positive or a negative ...
F. Bongers, 2001
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Reproductive Ecology of Tropical Forest Plants
Fruiting patterns and fruit types: the case of Myristicaceae Plant species bearing dehiscent fruit with or without arils showed a similar pattern of fruiting, with maxima in dry seasons, although the former plants are zoochorous species which do ...
K.S. Bawa, M. Hadley, 1991
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Post-Fire Management and Restoration of Southern European ...
The percentage of taxa characterized by anemochorous and zoochorous seed dispersal is high. In the former group, taxa with small, light and numerous seeds are included, predominately of the Asteraceae and Poaceae families. In the later  ...
Francisco Moreira, 2011
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Tropical Fruits and Frugivores: The Search for Strong ...
In STL fruits lighter than 10 g and fruits with soft and juicy pulp were over represented in the diet of C. medius. They ate only thin-husked indehiscent fruits and 34 of the 35 fruit species were classified as zoochorous (Tables 4 ...
J. Lawrence Dew, Jean Philippe Boubli, 2006
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Tropical Forest Seed
2.2.1.2 Animal-Dispersed (Zoochorous) Seed The majority of animal-dispersed seeds have fleshy fruit types, e.g. drupes, berries and various types of aggregate and multiple fruits. In dry areas some zoochorous diaspores, e.g. acacia and ...
Lars H. Schmidt, 2007
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Island Bats: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation
Potential Resources Available to Vertebrate Frugivores Today Within the seven phenology plots, a zoochorous mode of dispersal was prevalent among individuals ≥5 cm DBH, with 33 (81%) of the 41 plant species represented being  ...
Theodore H. Fleming, Paul A. Racey, 2010
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Stratification of a tropical forest as seen in dispersal types
Zoochorous Chrysophyllum sp. = Hab.: RF Fruit: Berry Disp.: Zoochorous Chrysophyllum sp. = Hab.: RF Fruit: Drupe Disp.: Zoochorous Ecclinusa guianensis Hab.: RF Fruit: Berry Disp.: Zoochorous Manilkara bidentata Hab.: RF Fruit: Drupe Fr.
Ingrid Roth, 1987

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