zoology
noun
zo·ol·o·gy
zō-ˈä-lə-jē 
zə-ˈwä-
zə-ˈwä-
1
: a branch of biology concerned with the classification and the properties and vital phenomena of animals
2
a
: animal life (as of a region) : fauna
b
: the properties and vital phenomena exhibited by an animalanimal typeor group
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After getting a PhD in zoology at Indiana UniversityWatson did research jobs in Europe and eventually ended up at the Cavendish Laboratory in England.
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Nell GreenfieldboyceNPR7 Nov. 2025
Watson entered the University of Chicago in 1943 at age 15 as part of the school’s gifted youngster program and earned his B.S. in zoologyand later a PhD from Indiana University.
—Jeffrey KlugerTime7 Nov. 2025
Kenny Travouillona terrestrial zoology curator at Western Australian Museumsaid that the findings of the new study further confirm that fluorescence is common in mammals.
—Taylor NicioliCNN Money29 Oct. 2025
The team’s analysispublished in Royal Society Open Scienceincluded more than 50 shark species and provides some of the best empirical evidence to date for some kind of firm scaling rule in zoology.
—Quanta Magazine27 Oct. 2025
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Nell GreenfieldboyceNPR7 Nov. 2025
Watson entered the University of Chicago in 1943 at age 15 as part of the school’s gifted youngster program and earned his B.S. in zoologyand later a PhD from Indiana University.
—Jeffrey KlugerTime7 Nov. 2025
Kenny Travouillona terrestrial zoology curator at Western Australian Museumsaid that the findings of the new study further confirm that fluorescence is common in mammals.
—Taylor NicioliCNN Money29 Oct. 2025
The team’s analysispublished in Royal Society Open Scienceincluded more than 50 shark species and provides some of the best empirical evidence to date for some kind of firm scaling rule in zoology.
—Quanta Magazine27 Oct. 2025
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“Zoology.” Merriam-Webster.com DictionaryMerriam-Websterhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zoology. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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zoology
noun
zo·ol·o·gy
zō-ˈäl-ə-jē
zə-ˈwäl-
zə-ˈwäl-
: a branch of biology concerned with the animal kingdom and animal life
Medical Definition
zoology
noun
zo·ol·o·gy
zō-ˈäl-ə-jē
plural zoologies
1
: a branch of biology that deals with the classification and the properties and vital phenomena of animals
2
: the properties and vital phenomena exhibited by an animalanimal typeor group
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