Zoology

English

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.

Thesaurus

aerobiology, agrobiology, anatomy, astrobiology, bacteriology, biochemics, biochemistry, biochemy, bioecology, biological science, biology, biometrics, biometry, bionics, bionomics, biophysics, botany, cell physiology, cryobiology, cybernetics, cytology, ecology, electrobiology, embryology, enzymology, ethnobiology, exobiology, genetics, gnotobiotics, life science, microbiology, molecular biology, pharmacology, physiology, radiobiology, taxonomy, virology, xenobiology

Alternative forms

• zoölogy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zəʊˈɒlədʒi/, SAMPA: /z@U"Ql@dZi/
• \Zo*["o]l"o*gy\