Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to animals; obtained or derived from animal substance: as, zoönic acid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to animals; obtained from animal substances.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
animals ; obtained from animal substances.
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Examples
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This play between the zoonic and mortal shapes of heroes must constantly be observed, in high as well as in ordinary characters.
The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828
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Those produced during the decomposition of animal substances by heat, are the _prussic_ and _zoonic_ acids.
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