BobStone
October 18th, 2006, 02:23 PM
Below are 19 defs for EOZOON, 18 of which are from the rare minds of our players, and one of which is from the medium rare mind of some dictionary editor. Vote, by reply to this post, for any two, in the hope you have thereby chosen the correct definition. The deadline for voting is 2 P.M. (Pacific time) tomorrow, Thursday. Then, you may look up the word, but not until after you vote. That means you, with the Oxford English Dictionary in your lap! How can you stand the weight?
1. A rose-red dye similar in colour to eosin but chemically quite different, derived from fossilized sea snails of the extinct genus metamurex (Tyrian purple is made from members of the modern day genus murex)
2. Any of several Pre-Cambrian stromatolitic cyanobacteria (Gk. "Dawn life").
3. A jellyfish belonging to the class Aeozoa; of or pertaining to an animal of this kind.
4. An eozooic organism.
5. Any of several prehistoric fossilized animalcules.
6. A Greek dish containing orzo, raisins, feta cheese, dried tomatoes, grated lemon, and spices.
7. A primitive organism found in plankton.
8. A fossilized egg or a fossil imprint of an egg.
9. A fertility goddess of the Australian aboriginals.
10. A space between corbels in a parapet.
11. Any of several tropical plant species whose petals open at the sun's first
rays. [from Gk. Eos, goddess of dawn]
12. A very early one-celled animal (fr. Gr. _eos_, dawn and _zoion_, animal)
13. A rarely used double-reed orchestral instrument midway in range between a bassoon and an oboe.
14. An extinct protozoan of the Paleozoic era.
15. A place of bestial debauchery
16. A tribe in the mountains of New Guinea, discovered in the 1930's.
17.A small boat used for fishing, sailing, or coasting and having two or three masts, each with a lugsail, and two or three jibs set on the
bowsprit.
18. A peculiar structure found in the Archaean limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure.
19. Of, pertaining to, or occurring in the latter portion of the tertiary period.
1. A rose-red dye similar in colour to eosin but chemically quite different, derived from fossilized sea snails of the extinct genus metamurex (Tyrian purple is made from members of the modern day genus murex)
2. Any of several Pre-Cambrian stromatolitic cyanobacteria (Gk. "Dawn life").
3. A jellyfish belonging to the class Aeozoa; of or pertaining to an animal of this kind.
4. An eozooic organism.
5. Any of several prehistoric fossilized animalcules.
6. A Greek dish containing orzo, raisins, feta cheese, dried tomatoes, grated lemon, and spices.
7. A primitive organism found in plankton.
8. A fossilized egg or a fossil imprint of an egg.
9. A fertility goddess of the Australian aboriginals.
10. A space between corbels in a parapet.
11. Any of several tropical plant species whose petals open at the sun's first
rays. [from Gk. Eos, goddess of dawn]
12. A very early one-celled animal (fr. Gr. _eos_, dawn and _zoion_, animal)
13. A rarely used double-reed orchestral instrument midway in range between a bassoon and an oboe.
14. An extinct protozoan of the Paleozoic era.
15. A place of bestial debauchery
16. A tribe in the mountains of New Guinea, discovered in the 1930's.
17.A small boat used for fishing, sailing, or coasting and having two or three masts, each with a lugsail, and two or three jibs set on the
bowsprit.
18. A peculiar structure found in the Archaean limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure.
19. Of, pertaining to, or occurring in the latter portion of the tertiary period.