zoology
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- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
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- Letters
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/zəʊˈɒlədʒi/(UK)
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/zəʊˈɒlədʒi/(UK) · /zuːˈɒləd͡ʒi/(UK) · /zoʊˈɑləd͡ʒi/(US) · /zuˈɑləd͡ʒi/(US)
Definition of zoology
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)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.
“Meronym: ethology”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)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.
“Meronym: ethology”
- (countable, uncountable)A treatise on this science.
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + λόγος (lógos, “knowledge”). By surface analysis, zoo- + -logy. Piecewise doublet of biology.
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