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Zoology :: Zoology (n.) A treatise on this science.

Zoology :: Zoology (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..

Vermeology :: Vermeology (n.) A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zoology which treats of worms; helminthology.

Paleozoology :: Paleozoology (n.) The Paleozoic time or strata.

Sublapsarian :: Subkingdom (n.) One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia..

Carcinology :: Carcinology (n.) The department of zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology..

Ichthyology :: Ichthyology (n.) The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits..

Entomology :: Entomology (n.) That part of zoology which treats of insects.

Herpetology :: Herpetology (n.) The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits..

Zoologically :: Zoologically (adv.) In a zoological manner; according to the principles of zoology.

Crustaceology :: Crustaceology (n.) That branch of Zoology which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology.

Zoologist :: Zoologist (n.) One who is well versed in zoology.

Zoological :: Zoological (a.) Of or pertaining to zoology, or the science of animals..

Family :: Family (v. t.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order..

Interradial :: Interradial (a.) Between the radii, or rays; -- in zoology, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish..

Ornithology :: Ornithology (n.) That branch of zoology which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.

Mummiform :: Mummiform (a.) Having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in zoology, said of the pupae of certain insects..

Arachnology :: Arachnology (n.) The department of zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.

Palingenesy :: Palingenesy (n.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc..

Zoo- :: Zoo- () A combining form from Gr. zwo^,n an animal, as in zoogenic, zoology, etc..

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