zoology
/zəʊˈɒlədʒi/
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British/zəwˈɔlədʒɪj/
zoology noun: 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.
Noun
zoology (countable and uncountable, plural zoologies)
- 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.
- Meronym: ethology
- A treatise on this science.
zoology meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
zoology in Hindi
- science that studies the animal kingdom
- प्राणि विज्ञान prāṇi vijñān
zoology in Tamil
- science that studies the animal kingdom
- விலங்கியல் vilaṅkiyal
zoology in Marathi
- science that studies the animal kingdom
- प्राणिशास्त्र prāṇiśāstra
zoology in Urdu
- science that studies the animal kingdom
- حیوانیات haivāniyāt
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- zoology in Bengali
- প্রাণিবিজ্ঞান pranibiggên
- zoology in Telugu
- జంతుశాస్త్రము jantuśāstramu
- zoology in Malayalam
- ജന്തുശാസ്ത്രം jantuśāstraṁ
- zoology in Kannada
- ಉಸಿರಿಯರಿಮೆ
- zoology in Punjabi
- ਜੰਤੂ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ jantū vigiāna
- zoology in Gujarati
- પ્રાણીશાસ્ત્ર prāṇīśāstra
- zoology in Odia
- ପ୍ରାଣୀବିଜ୍ଞାନ, ପ୍ରାଣୀଶାସ୍ତ୍ର
- zoology in Sinhala
- සත්ත්වවේදය
- zoology in Nepali
- प्राणी विज्ञान, प्राणीशास्त्र
- zoology in Pashto
- ژوپوهنه žopohëna
- zoology in Tagalog
- dalubhayupan
- zoology in Arabic
- عِلْم اَلْحَيَوَان ʕilm al-ḥayawān
- zoology in Malay
- kaji haiwan, zoologi
- zoology in Indonesian
- zoologi
- zoology in Persian
- جانورشناسی jânvar-šenâsi
- zoology in Thai
- สัตววิทยา sàt wíttáyaa
- zoology in Vietnamese
- động vật học
- zoology in Myanmar
- သတ္တဗေဒ satta.beda.
Forms of zoology
| plural | zoologies |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | zoölogy |
| alternative form (rare) | zo-ology |
| alternative form (rare) | zoo-ology |
Origin of zoology
From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + λόγος (lógos, “knowledge”). By surface analysis, zoo- + -logy. Piecewise doublet of biology.
Words formed from zoology
Words that rhyme with zoology
- homology
- topology
- technology
- mythology
- ontology
- theology
- typology
- aetiology
- anthology
- archaeology
- biology
- buttonology
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- etymology
- pathology
- phraseology
- psychology
- scatology
- tautology
- apology
- cosmology
- cryptology
- ecology
- neurology
- teleology
- aerology
- anthropology
- arcology
- Christology
- cohomology
- cosmetology
- cytology
- deontology
- epistemology
- eschatology
- ethology
- eucology
- geology
- gerontology
- graphology
- haplology
- heterology
- hydrology
- ideology
- lepidopterology
- oology
- phonology
- radiology
- tricknology
- xenobiology
- zymology
- acanthology
- acarology
- accidentology
- acology
- acridology
- actinology
- aeromycology
- alcohology
- appropriate technology
- archaeopalynology
Questions about zoology
- What does zoology mean?
- Zoology means 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.
- What is zoology in Hindi?
- Zoology in Hindi is प्राणि विज्ञान (prāṇi vijñān). See Zoology meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is zoology?
- Zoology is a noun.
- How do you pronounce zoology?
- Zoology is pronounced /zəʊˈɒlədʒi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of zoology?
- The plural of zoology is zoologies.
Words near zoology in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: zoology (page history and authors); zoology (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); zoology (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); zoology (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors); zoology (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ژوپوهنه (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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