| 单词 | zoology |
| 释义 | zoology (once / 1463 pages) n If you're fascinated by monkey business or just love horsing around, you might consider a career in zoology — the scientific study of animals. According to some usage experts, most of us mispronounce the word zoology. The first syllable of this noun is correctly pronounced with a long o sound, as in toe, rather than the "oo" in zoo. Yet our error is considered acceptable because if you're going to study animal life and behavior, one of the best places to do it is at the zoo. WORD FAMILYzoology: zoological, zoologies, zoologist+/zoological: zoologically/zoologist: zoologists USAGE EXAMPLESThe transition from zoology to pediatrics is obvious, Optiz said, because pediatrics is zoology of the child. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Dr. Cooley studied zoology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he starred on the basketball team and graduated in 1941. Washington Post(Nov 18, 2016) Professor Alex Kacelnik from the University of Oxford’s Department of Zoology explains the significance of their findings to the Today programme. BBC(Nov 16, 2016) 1n the branch of biology that studies animals Syn|Hypo|Hyper zoological science bugology, entomology the branch of zoology that studies insects ethologythe branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats herpetologythe branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians ichthyologythe branch of zoology that studies fishes malacologythe branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks mammalogythe branch of zoology that studies mammals oologythe branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number) ornithologythe branch of zoology that studies birds protozoologythe branch of zoology that studies protozoans palaeozoology, paleozoologythe study of fossil animals conchology, shell collectingthe collection and study of mollusc shells lepidopterology, lepidopterythe branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera primatologythe branch of zoology that studies primates paleomammalogythe paleobiology of ancient mammals palaeornithology, paleornithologythe paleobiology of birds biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms 2n all the animal life in a particular region or period the zoology of the Pliocene epoch Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper fauna botany, flora, vegetation all the plant life in a particular region or period avifauna the birds of a particular region or period accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
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