Meanings
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1
noun
The branch of biology that studies animals.
I studied zoology for two semesters before I changed majors.
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2
noun
The animal life of a particular region or period.
The zoology of the island fascinated the visiting scientists.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
2
noun
· the animal life of a...
fauna
Word family
Forms
zoologies
Derived forms
anthrozoologyarchaeozoologyarcheozoologybryozoologycartozoologycryptozoologyepizoologyethnozoologymalacozoologymastozoologypaleozoologyprotozoology
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + λόγος (lógos, “knowledge”). By surface analysis, zoo- + -logy. Piecewise doublet of biology.