Chem., also zircono-, and abbreviated zirco-, combining form of ZIRCONIUM, indicating the presence of zirconium in a compound, as zircon(i)ofluoride, a compound of zirconium fluoride, ZrF4, with any of various oxides (more properly fluozirconate: see FLUO-).
1868. Fownes’ Chem. (ed. 10), 383. Double salts, called zircofluorides or fluozirconates.
1894. Muir & Morley, Watts’ Dict. Chem., IV. 859/1. Combinations…. With various metallic fluorides…. These salts are often called zircono-fuorides, or fluo-zirconates; they are better named zirconi-fluorides.
