Zoology
[zuː'ɒlədʒɪ;zəʊ-]
Definition
(n.) That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.
(n.) A treatise on this science.
Editor: Monica
Definition
n. the science of animal life included along with Botany within the science of Biology. The various departments of zoological study are the Morphological Physiological Historical and the è‹©iological.—adj. Zoolog′ical.—adv. Zoolog′ically.—n. Zool′ogist one versed in zoology.—Zoological gardens a place where wild animals are kept for public exhibition.
Editor: Trudy
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The science and history of the animal kingdom including its king the House Fly (Musca maledicta). The father of Zoology was Aristotle as is universally conceded but the name of its mother has not come down to us. Two of the science's most illustrious expounders were Buffon and Oliver Goldsmith from both of whom we learn (L'Histoire generale des animaux and A History of Animated Nature) that the domestic cow sheds its horn every two years.
Typist: Ora