Zoology

//zoʊˈɑləd͡ʒi// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the branch of biology that studies animals wordnet
  3. 3
    A treatise on this science. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    all the animal life in a particular region or period wordnet

Synonyms

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aerobiologyagrobiologyanatomyanthropologyastrobiologybacteriology

Example

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"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.

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animal scienceanimal studiesanimal studystudy animalsstudying animals

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