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zoological science ThesaurusNoun | 1. | zoological science - the branch of biology that studies animalszoologysiphon, syphon - a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelledhood - (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animalplastron - (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its undersidecollar - (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animalprotective coloration - coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predatorspallium, mantle - (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shellcloaca - (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts openvenous blood system, venation - (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animalbiological science, biology - the science that studies living organismsbugology, entomology - the branch of zoology that studies insectsethology - the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitatsherpetology - the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibiansichthyology - the branch of zoology that studies fishesmalacology - the branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusksmammalogy - the branch of zoology that studies mammalsoology - the branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number)ornithology - the branch of zoology that studies birdsprotozoology - the branch of zoology that studies protozoanspalaeozoology, paleozoology - the study of fossil animalsnatural scientist, naturalist - a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)aestivation, estivation - (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry periodvagile - having freedom to move about; "vagile aquatic animals"caudate, caudated - having a tail or taillike appendageacaudal, acaudate - lacking a tail or taillike appendagemetabolous, metabolic - undergoing metamorphosisametabolic, ametabolous - undergoing slight or no metamorphosisunivalve - used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc.bivalve, bivalved - used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)vertebrate - having a backbone or spinal column; "fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals"invertebrate, spineless - lacking a backbone or spinal column; "worms are an example of invertebrate animals"live-bearing, viviparous - producing living young (not eggs)oviparous - egg-layingovoviviparous - producing living young from eggs that hatch within the bodywarm-blooded - having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated)cold-blooded - having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)alular - pertaining to alulaeambulacral - pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinodermsanguine - of or related to or resembling a snakeannelid, annelidan - relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelidaanserine - of or resembling a gooseanuran, batrachian, salientian - relating to frogs and toadsarachnidian, arachnoid, spiderlike, spiderly, spidery - relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnidaaraneidal, araneidan - relating to or resembling a spiderarthropodal, arthropodan, arthropodous - of or relating to invertebrates of the phylum Arthropodaartiodactyl, artiodactylous, even-toed - of or relating to or belonging to mammals of the order Artiodactylaavian - pertaining to or characteristic of birdscanine - of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidaecarangid - of or relating to fish of the family Carangidaefilariid - of or relating to or belonging to the family Filariidae |
zoological science
Synonyms for zoological sciencenoun the branch of biology that studies animalsSynonymsRelated Words- siphon
- syphon
- hood
- plastron
- collar
- protective coloration
- pallium
- mantle
- cloaca
- venous blood system
- venation
- biological science
- biology
- bugology
- entomology
- ethology
- herpetology
- ichthyology
- malacology
- mammalogy
- oology
- ornithology
- protozoology
- palaeozoology
- paleozoology
- natural scientist
- naturalist
- aestivation
- estivation
- vagile
- caudate
- caudated
- acaudal
- acaudate
- metabolous
- metabolic
- ametabolic
- ametabolous
- univalve
- bivalve
- bivalved
- vertebrate
- invertebrate
- spineless
- live-bearing
- viviparous
- oviparous
- ovoviviparous
- warm-blooded
- cold-blooded
- alular
- ambulacral
- anguine
- annelid
- annelidan
- anserine
- anuran
- batrachian
- salientian
- arachnidian
- arachnoid
- spiderlike
- spiderly
- spidery
- araneidal
- araneidan
- arthropodal
- arthropodan
- arthropodous
- artiodactyl
- artiodactylous
- even-toed
- avian
- canine
- carangid
- filariid
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