rare. [ad. Gr. ζῳογονία, f. ζῴον animal + -γονία a begetting.] The generation or production of animals, or a doctrine concerning this.
1675. Burthogge, Causa Dei, 242. The Theogonic and Zoogonie [mispr. -enie] of the Antients.
1864. Webster, Zoogeny, Zoogony, the doctrine of the formation of living beings.