zoology

noun

zo·ol·o·gy | \ zō-ˈä-lə-jē

, zə-ˈwä-

Definition of zoology

1 : a branch of biology concerned with the classification and the properties and vital phenomena of animals

2a : animal life (as of a region) : fauna

b : the properties and vital phenomena exhibited by an animal, animal type, or group

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My mom was a college professor in zoology and my role model. — Detroit Free Press, "She’s gotta have IT: Closing the gender gap in MI’s booming tech industry," 3 July 2019 John Ford, a professor of zoology and orca expert at the University of British Columbia, in Canada, reviewed the footage taken by Lisitsyn. — National Geographic, "Time running out for orcas, belugas trapped in icy 'whale jail'," 8 Apr. 2019 Staszewski plans to graduate in May 2020 and transfer to Colorado State University to study zoology. — C.r. Walker, Daily Southtown, "Southtowners: Student from Worth recognized by Illinois Geographical Society, more," 4 June 2019 The natural history museum houses some of Brazil’s most precious pieces of archeology, zoology, anthropology, and paleontology—roughly 20 million items in total. — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, "Brazil Mourns Loss of Rio de Janeiro's National Museum After Devastating Fire," 4 Sep. 2018 The book’s authors, zoology graduate student Dani Rabaiotti and postdoctoral scientist Nick Caruso, are the same team that brought us the best-selling guide to animal flatulence, Does it Fart?. — Rachel Becker, The Verge, "Flatworms fence with their penises and other gross science facts," 21 Oct. 2018 An artistic and imaginative child, Barlow expressed an interest in zoology before enrolling at the Chelsea College of Arts in 1960. — Natalia Rachlin, WSJ, "Phyllida Barlow’s Supersize Sculptures Will Soon Arrive in New York," 9 Oct. 2018 In 1953, she and her husband, Seymour Abrahamson, a zoology student, were newly married. — Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Shirley Abrahamson won't seek another term, setting up race for Wisconsin high court seat," 30 May 2018 Duncan transferred to the University of Miami, graduating in 1938 with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and zoology. — Washington Post, latimes.com, "Famed photojournalist David Douglas Duncan dies at 102," 8 June 2018

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