Meanings
adverbzoologically (not comparable)
- not comparableWith regard to zoology.
1 more example
After returning from my first expedition none of these more northern lakes were zoologically known nor had the other great lakes the Victoria Nyanza and the chains of lakes in the eastern arm of the rift been sufficiently minutely examined to show whether the halolimnic fauna existed in any of them or not.
1901, J. E. S. Moore, The Geographical journal, Great Britain: Royal Geographical Society, page 6
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷyéh₃-w-os
- Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ōwós
- Ancient Greekζωός (zōós)
- Ancient Greekζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on)
- Ancient Greekζῷον (zōîon)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishzoology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishzoological
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishzoologically
From zoological + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish eläintieteellisesti
- eläintieteellisestiwith regard to zoology
French zoologiquement
- zoologiquementwith regard to zoology
Hungarian zoológiailag, állattanilag
- zoológiailagwith regard to zoology
- állattanilagwith regard to zoology
Italian zoologicamente
- zoologicamentewith regard to zoology
Portuguese zoologicamente
- zoologicamentewith regard to zoology
Cite this entry
APA
zoologically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoologically
MLA
“zoologically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoologically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zoologically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoologically.
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