zoology

English

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōon, animal) + λόγος (logos, knowledge)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /zəʊˈɒlədʒi/, X-SAMPA: /z@U"Ql@dZi/; (non standard) IPA: /zuː.ˈɒ.lɒ.dʒi/
  • (US) IPA: /zoʊˈɑlədʒi/; (non standard) IPA: /zuˈɑlədʒi/

Noun

zoology (plural zoologies)

  1. 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.
  2. a treatise on this science.

Derived terms

Translations

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
↑Jump back a section
Last modified on 15 May 2013, at 04:55