noun
- the state of being zoophilous.
- Psychology. an abnormal fondness or preference for animals.
noun
- a morbid condition in which a person has a sexual attraction to animals; bestiality
“attraction to animals involving release of sexual energy,” 1899, in a translation of Krafft-Ebing, from comb. form of Greek zoion “animal” (see zoo) + -philia. “[F]ormerly not implying sexual intercourse or bestiality” [OED].
n.
- Attraction to or affinity for animals.