zooprophilactic adj. He’s also interested in birds that are what’s called “zooprophilactic.” They may dilute the spread of disease, he said. Doves, pigeons and herons seem to be dead ends for West Nile, he said. Florida has large numbers of them. “If an animal does not transmit it, it’s actually protecting us,” Komar said. [EnglishAnimals, Insects, & BirdsHealthScience] [full cite] (Jul. 27, 2006)
zorro n. During the entire operation, Army used at least 10 masked men commonly known as zorros to identify underground cadres. [ LanguageEnglish PlaceIndia] [full cite] (Oct. 31, 2005)
zot v. Among the community of former Suicide Girls, this process has spawned a new verb: zotted. This process includes not only the alteration or deletion of unfriendly posts, but also the total removal of the offender from the online community. [ LanguageEnglish RegisterSlang SubjectTechnology] [full cite] (Jan. 9, 2006)
zot v. Has anybody thought that Macduff may have been hidden aboard earlier, and only put on the extra pips and come to the bridge when the ship got zotted? [English] [full cite] (Jan. 9, 2006)
zot v. The closest is when one of my own characters commented on the fickle nature of the gods and was suddenly zotted by lightining and surrounded by frogs. [ LanguageEnglish SubjectTechnology] [full cite] (Jan. 9, 2006)
zot v. That was only _one_ of the times he was struck by lightning while filming the movie. He got zotted twice. [ LanguageEnglish] [full cite] (Jan. 9, 2006)
zot n. Not since picking up that box with wonderfully tacky art of Super beings zotting each other with strange powers, have I felt the special thrill of reading a game voraciously. [ LanguageEnglish] [full cite] (Jan. 9, 2006)
zot v. A real unpleasant zotting and frying sound of bugs being decommissioned just overhead. [ LanguageEnglish] [full cite] (Jan. 9, 2006)