Zoologize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To study zoology, especially by collecting animals to be studied. intransitive

    "There it erects tents capable of holding about one hundred and fifty people, and there the members and their friends gather for a fortnight to climb mountains, botanize, zoologize, or merely enjoy life."

  2. 2
    To discuss zoology. intransitive

    "The only compensation he could get seems to have been to botanize and zoologize, as it were, on his visitors."

Example

More examples

"There it erects tents capable of holding about one hundred and fifty people, and there the members and their friends gather for a fortnight to climb mountains, botanize, zoologize, or merely enjoy life."

Etymology

From zoology + -ize.

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