zoology

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /zəʊˈɒlədʒi/|/zuːˈɒləd͡ʒi/    美 /zoʊˈɑləd͡ʒi/|/zuˈɑləd͡ʒi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. countable,uncountable
    — Meronym: ethology
  2. A treatise on this science. countable,uncountable

词形变化

zoologies plural zoölogy alternative,dated zo-ology alternative,rare

词汇关系

衍生词
anthrozoology archaeozoology archeozoology bryozoology cartozoology cryptozoology epizoology ethnozoology malacozoology mastozoology paleozoology protozoology xenozoology zoologer zoologic zoological zoologically zoologist zoologize

词源

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + λόγος (lógos, “knowledge”). By surface analysis, zoo- + -logy. Piecewise doublet of biology.
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