Zoology
/zoʊˈɑləd͡ʒi/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct. countable, uncountable
"Meronym: ethology"
- 2 the branch of biology that studies animals wordnet
- 3 A treatise on this science. countable, uncountable
- 4 all the animal life in a particular region or period wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Zoology and botany deal with the study of life."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + λόγος (lógos, “knowledge”). By surface analysis, zoo- + -logy. Piecewise doublet of biology.