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zoology

English

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Alternative forms

  • zoölogy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (zôion, animal) + ????? (lógos, knowledge). Analyzable as zoo- +? -logy

Pronunciation

  • enPR: z?-?l?-?-j?, zo?o-?l?-?-j?
  • (UK) IPA(key): /z????l?d?i/, /zu???l?d?i/
  • (US) IPA(key): /zo???l?d?i/, /zu??l?d?i/
  • Rhymes: -?l?d?i

Noun

zoology (countable and uncountable, plural zoologies)

  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.

Usage notes

The pronunciation in /zu-/ has often received negative comment, but has nevertheless become very common, especially in British English.

Derived terms

Translations

zoology From the web:

  • what zoology means
  • what zoology is all about
  • what zoology do
  • what zoology stands for
  • what zoology entails
  • what zoology degrees
  • zoology what do they do
  • zoology what jobs


primatology

English

Etymology

primate +? -ology

Noun

primatology (uncountable)

  1. (zoology) The branch of zoology relating to the study of primates

Related terms

  • primatologist

Derived terms

  • paleoprimatology

Translations

primatology From the web:

  • primatology meaning
  • what does primatologist mean
  • what is primatology anthropology
  • what is primatology in biology
  • what does primatology
  • what is primatology in science
  • what is primatology
  • what does primatology mean in anthropology
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