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zoologizing

zoologizing is the present participle and gerund of zoologize.

Meaning of zoologize

Verb

zoologize (third-person singular simple present zoologizes, present participle zoologizing, simple past and past participle zoologized)

  1. (intransitive) To study zoology, especially by collecting animals to be studied.
    • There it erects tents capable of holding about one hundred and fifty people, and there the members and their friends gather for a fortnight to climb mountains, botanize, zoologize, or merely enjoy life.1931, Marie Beuzeville Byles, By Cargo Boat & Mountain: The Unconventional Experiences of a Woman on Tramp Round the World, page 141
  2. (intransitive) To discuss zoology.
    • The only compensation he could get seems to have been to botanize and zoologize, as it were, on his visitors.1866, John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard, The Eclectic Magazine - Volume 4, page 188

Questions about zoologizing

What is zoologizing the present participle and gerund of?
Zoologizing is the present participle and gerund of zoologize.

Words near zoologizing in the dictionary

  1. zoologist
  2. zoologists
  3. zoologize
  4. zoologized
  5. zoologizes
  6. zoologizing
  7. zoology
  8. Zooloo
  9. Zooloos
  10. Zoolu
  11. Zoolus

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