zoochory
English
WOTD – 22 August 2010
Etymology
From
zoo-
+
-chory
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈzəʊəˌkɔːɹi/
,
/ˈzuːəˌkɔːɹi/
Audio
(
Southern England
)
:
(file)
Noun
zoochory
(
uncountable
)
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
Polish:
zoochoria
f
,
zwierzęcosiewność
f
Russian:
зоохори́я
(ru)
f
(
zooxoríja
)