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Webster 1913 Edition


Zoology

Zo-ol′o-gy

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Zoologies
.
[
Zoo-
+
-logy
: cf. F.
zoologie
. See
Zodiac
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Zoology

ZOOLOGY

,
Noun.
[Gr., an animal; discourse.] A treatise on animals, or the science of animals; that branch of natural history which respects the forms, classification, history and habits of animals, particularly of brutes or irrational animals.

Definition 2024


zoölogy

zoölogy

See also: zoology

English

Noun

zoölogy (plural zoölogies)

  1. Alternative spelling of zoology