zoology

Significado (Inglês)

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A treatise on this science.

Conceitos

biologia animal

ciência animal

Zoologia

Fauna

Sinônimos

zoological science

animal biology

Freqüência

42k
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/zəʊˈɒlədʒi/
Etimologia (Inglês)

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

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