zodiographer
English edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zṓidion) (diminutive of ζῶον (zôon, “animal”)) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”) + -er
Noun edit
zodiographer (plural zodiographers)
- (rare) One who writes about the description and behavior of animal.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, page 285:
- Notwithstanding upon enquiry we find no mention hereof in Ancient Zodiographers, and such as have particularly discoursed upon Animals, as Aristotle, Elian, Pliny, Solinus and many more; who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature,and have been very punctual in less considerable Records.
- 1988, James W. McCleary, Puey and the Princess:
- I’m sure even the zodiographers can be wrong – chanted Éfhelìnye.
- 2017, Penny Luker, The Mermaid - Short stories for adults, page 127:
- Being a zodiographer herself, she enjoyed seeing how her grandfather and his generation had meticulously recorded every new species they could find and how they had made names for themselves in the process.