Noun

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An affection for non-human animals

*{{quote-book, year=2002, author=Dario Martinelli, title=How Musical Is a Whale?, page=76 citation

, passage=Zoophilism bears witness to a new human being, one who no longer fears nature.}}

(epidemiology) A preference of a parasite or vector to feed on non-human animals

*{{quote-journal, year=1951, author=Meillon de Botha, title=Species and varieties of malaria vectors in Africa and their bionomics citation

, passage=They make the interesting suggestion that since cattle are rare in Kigezi christyi has had to abandon its zoophilism and become anthropophilic. }}

Zoophilia, a sexual inclination towards bestiality