zoology
See also: zoölogy
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”) + λόγος (lógos, “knowledge”)
Pronunciation
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Noun
zoology (countable and uncountable, plural zoologies)
- That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.
- A treatise on this science.
Derived terms
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Translations
science that studies the animal kingdom
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