Meanings
nounzoogeography (usually uncountable, plural zoogeographies)
plural zoogeographies · alternative zoögeography
- uncountableusuallyThe scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷyéh₃-w-os
- Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ōwós
- Ancient Greekζωός (zōós)
- Ancient Greekζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on)
- Ancient Greekζῷον (zōîon)
- Englishzoo-
- Proto-Hellenic*gaya
- Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
- Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
- Ancient Greekγεωγρᾰ́φος (geōgrắphos)
- Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Ancient Greekγεωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (geōgrăphĭ́ā)
- Latingeōgraphia
- Middle Frenchgéographie
- Englishgeography
- Englishzoogeography
Translations
Bulgarian зоогеография
- зоогеография (zoogeografija)the scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species
Dutch zoögeografie
- zoögeografiethe scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species
Finnish eläinmaantiede, zoogeografia
- eläinmaantiedethe scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species
- zoogeografiathe scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species
French zoogéographie
- zoogéographiethe scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species
Hindi जन्तुभूगोल
- जन्तुभूगोल (jantubhūgol)the scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species
Irish zóigeografaíocht
- zóigeografaíochtthe scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species
Italian zoogeografia
- zoogeografiathe scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species
Polish zoogeografia
- zoogeografiathe scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species
Portuguese zoogeografia
- zoogeografiathe scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species
Romanian zoogeografie, geografie zoologică
- zoogeografiethe scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species
- geografie zoologicăthe scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with zoogeography
photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
zoogeography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoogeography
MLA
“zoogeography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoogeography. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zoogeography,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoogeography.
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