English Explanatory Dictionary

zoology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
  2. A treatise on this science.

Pronunciation

zō-ŏl′-ə-jē zo͞o-ŏl′-ə-jē /zəʊˈɒlədʒi/ /zuːˈɒləd͡ʒi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zoology.wav /zoʊˈɑləd͡ʒi/ /zuˈɑləd͡ʒi/

Word forms

zoology zoologies zoölogy zo-ology

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + λόγος (lógos, “knowledge”). By surface analysis, zoo- + -logy. Piecewise doublet of biology.

Derived words

anthrozoology archaeozoology archeozoology bryozoology cartozoology cryptozoology epizoology ethnozoology malacozoology mastozoology paleozoology protozoology xenozoology zoologer zoologic zoological zoologically zoologist zoologize
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