zoology
the science or branch of biology dealing with animals.
a treatise on zoology.
the animal life of a particular region.
Origin of zoology
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How to use zoology in a sentence
Lewontin received a bachelor’s degree in biology from Harvard in 1951 before pursuing graduate studies at Columbia University, where he received a master’s degree in mathematical statistics in 1952 and a PhD in zoology in 1954.
Richard Lewontin, a preeminent geneticist of his era, dies at 92 | Emily Langer | July 8, 2021 | Washington PostIn 1960, as a recently knighted and well-established professor of zoology at Oxford, he agreed to write a brief article in The New Scientist proposing an aquatic past for humanity.
On the website for the department of zoology of the University of Cambridge, the page for Arik Kershenbaum lists his three main areas of research, one of which stands out from the others.
She looks for the most important or intriguing science of the previous two weeks, and aims for reporting across the fields of science, from artificial intelligence to zoology.
According to Joana Isabel Meier, a research fellow in zoology at the University of Cambridge, the new data from Lake Tanganyika are “certainly not inconsistent with the stages of adaptive radiation,” but it’s far from settled.
New Fish Data Reveal How Evolutionary Bursts Create Species | Elena Renken | December 1, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
Imagining novels as biological specimens creates a crazed and mythic zoology of hybrids, beasts, mutants, and aberrations.
Mingled with all the bizarre zoology, however, are many impressively accurate and detailed descriptions.
Wood was born in northern England in 1965 the son of a professor of zoology at Durham University who is also a priest.
His leisure was devoted to natural history, and his writings did much to further the study of zoology in England.
On this principle is founded the admirable binary nomenclature of botany and zoology.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillIn botany and zoology, having the faculty of growing or living both on land and in water.
The name of Sloth popularly bestowed on this animal is not so well-deserved as some writers of zoology made Easy have represented.
The Desert World | Arthur ManginA like account and with quite as much zoology in it could be made for the women that share his problems.
The American Country Girl | Martha Foote Crow
British Dictionary definitions for zoology
/ (zəʊˈɒlədʒɪ, zuː-) /
the study of animals, including their classification, structure, physiology, and history
the biological characteristics of a particular animal or animal group
the fauna characteristic of a particular region
a book, treatise, etc, dealing with any aspect of the study of animals
Derived forms of zoology
- zoological (ˌzəʊəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, ˌzuːə-), adjective
- zoologist, noun
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Scientific definitions for zoology
[ zō-ŏl′ə-jē, zōō-ŏl′- ]
The scientific study of organisms in the kingdom Animalia, including their growth and structure.
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Cultural definitions for zoology
[ (zoh-ol-uh-jee) ]
The scientific study and classification of animals. (See Linnean classification.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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