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zoology, n.
(zoologies)
more info the branch of biology that studies animals
<noun.cognition>

zoological science zoology
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
zoological zoologist
semantic pointers
member of this domain (topic)
brachiate scaled, scaly, scaley jointed unjointed vagile caudate, caudated acaudate, acaudal pedate metabolic, metabolous ametabolic, ametabolous colonial, compound unsegmented, nonsegmental disjunct segmental, metameric, segmented univalve bivalve, bivalved vertebrate invertebrate, spineless viviparous, live-bearing oviparous ovoviviparous warm-blooded cold-blooded alular ambulacral anguine annelid, annelidan anserine anuran, batrachian, salientian spidery, arachnoid, arachnidian, spiderlike, spiderly araneidal, araneidan arthropodal, arthropodan, arthropodous artiodactyl, artiodactylous, even-toed avian canine carangid filariid siphon, syphon hood plastron collar protective coloration mantle, pallium cloaca venation, venous blood system naturalist, natural scientist estivation, aestivation
hypernym
biology, biological science
hyponym
entomology, bugology ethology herpetology ichthyology malacology mammalogy oology ornithology protozoology paleozoology, palaeozoology
more info all the animal life in a particular region or period
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fauna zoology

sample sentences

"the fauna of China"
"the zoology of the Pliocene epoch"
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antonym
flora
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hypernym
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
member holonym
biota, biology
hyponym
avifauna
member meronym
animal group