Meanings
nounzoology (countable and uncountable, plural zoologies)
plural zoologies · alternative dated zoölogy · alternative rare zo-ology · alternative rare zoo-ology
- countableuncountableThe part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.
Meronym: ethology
- countableuncountableA treatise on this science.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounall the animal life in a particular region or period
Similar
nounthe branch of biology that studies animals
Similar
zoological science
Broader
biologybiological science
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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
From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + λόγος (lógos, “knowledge”). By surface analysis, zoo- + -logy. Piecewise doublet of biology.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans dierkunde
- dierkundescience that studies the animal kingdom
Arabic عِلْم اَلْحَيَوَان
- عِلْم اَلْحَيَوَان (ʕilm al-ḥayawān)science that studies the animal kingdom
Bengali প্রাণিবিজ্ঞান
- প্রাণিবিজ্ঞান (pranibiggên)science that studies the animal kingdom
Bulgarian зоология
- зоология (zoologija)science that studies the animal kingdom
Catalan zoologia
- zoologiascience that studies the animal kingdom
Chinese Mandarin 動物學 /动物学, 动物学
- 動物學 /动物学 (dòngwùxué)science that studies the animal kingdom
- 动物学 (dòngwùxué)science that studies the animal kingdom
Czech zoologie
- zoologiescience that studies the animal kingdom
Danish zoologi
- zoologiscience that studies the animal kingdom
Dutch zoölogie, dierkunde
- zoölogiescience that studies the animal kingdom
- dierkundescience that studies the animal kingdom
Esperanto zoologio
- zoologioscience that studies the animal kingdom
Estonian zooloogia
- zooloogiascience that studies the animal kingdom
Finnish eläintiede, zoologia
- eläintiedescience that studies the animal kingdom
- zoologiascience that studies the animal kingdom
French zoologie
- zoologiescience that studies the animal kingdom
German Zoologie, Tierkunde
- Zoologiescience that studies the animal kingdom
- Tierkundescience that studies the animal kingdom
Greek ζωολογία
- ζωολογία (zoología)science that studies the animal kingdom
Hebrew זואולוגיה
- זואולוגיה (zo'ológya)science that studies the animal kingdom
Hindi प्राणि विज्ञान
- प्राणि विज्ञान (prāṇi vijñān)science that studies the animal kingdom
Hungarian állattan, zoológia
- állattanscience that studies the animal kingdom
- zoológiascience that studies the animal kingdom
Icelandic dýrafræði
- dýrafræðiscience that studies the animal kingdom
Indonesian zoologi
- zoologiscience that studies the animal kingdom
Irish zó-eolaíocht
- zó-eolaíochtscience that studies the animal kingdom
Italian zoologia
- zoologiascience that studies the animal kingdom
Japanese 動物学
- 動物学 (dōbutsugaku)science that studies the animal kingdom
Korean 동물학
- 동물학 (dongmulhak)science that studies the animal kingdom
Latvian zooloģija
- zooloģijascience that studies the animal kingdom
Lithuanian zoologija
- zoologijascience that studies the animal kingdom
Malay kaji haiwan, zoologi
- kaji haiwanscience that studies the animal kingdom
- zoologiscience that studies the animal kingdom
Māori mātai kīrehe
- mātai kīrehescience that studies the animal kingdom
Norwegian Bokmål zoologi
- zoologiscience that studies the animal kingdom
Persian جانورشناسی
- جانورشناسی (jânvar-šenâsi)science that studies the animal kingdom
Polish zoologia
- zoologiascience that studies the animal kingdom
Portuguese zoologia
- zoologiascience that studies the animal kingdom
Punjabi ਜੰਤੂ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ
- ਜੰਤੂ ਵਿਗਿਆਨ (jantū vigiāna)science that studies the animal kingdom
Romanian zoologie
- zoologiescience that studies the animal kingdom
Russian зооло́гия
- зооло́гия (zoológija)science that studies the animal kingdom
Scottish Gaelic ainmh-eòlas
- ainmh-eòlasscience that studies the animal kingdom
Slovak zoológia
- zoológiascience that studies the animal kingdom
Spanish zoología
- zoologíascience that studies the animal kingdom
Swahili zoolojia
- zoolojiascience that studies the animal kingdom
Swedish zoologi
- zoologiscience that studies the animal kingdom
Tagalog dalubhayupan
- dalubhayupanscience that studies the animal kingdom
Tamil விலங்கியல்
- விலங்கியல் (vilaṅkiyal)science that studies the animal kingdom
Thai สัตววิทยา
- สัตววิทยา (sàt wíttáyaa)science that studies the animal kingdom
Turkish zooloji
- zoolojiscience that studies the animal kingdom
Ukrainian зоологія
- зоологія (zoolohija)science that studies the animal kingdom
Urdu حیوانیات
- حیوانیات (haivāniyāt)science that studies the animal kingdom
Vietnamese động vật học
- động vật họcscience that studies the animal kingdom
Welsh sŵoleg
- sŵolegscience that studies the animal kingdom
Yiddish זאָאָלאָגיע
- זאָאָלאָגיע (zoologye)science that studies the animal kingdom
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with zoology
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
zoology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoology
MLA
“zoology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoology. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zoology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoology.
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