zoometric

adjective

zo·​o·​met·​ric

¦zōə¦me‧trik

variants or zoometrical

-rə̇kəl

: designed for the measurement of animals and especially for the estimation of a measure of bulk (as weight) through determination of some linear measurement (as girth)

a zoometric tape

Word History

Etymology

zo- + -metric or metrical

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