zoological science
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1. the branch of biology that studies animals (noun.cognition)
| hyponym | : | bugology, entomology, |
| definition | : | the branch of zoology that studies insects (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | ethology, |
| definition | : | the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | herpetology, |
| definition | : | the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | ichthyology, |
| definition | : | the branch of zoology that studies fishes (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | malacology, |
| definition | : | the branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | mammalogy, |
| definition | : | the branch of zoology that studies mammals (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | oology, |
| definition | : | the branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | ornithology, |
| definition | : | the branch of zoology that studies birds (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | protozoology, |
| definition | : | the branch of zoology that studies protozoans (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | siphon, syphon, |
| definition | : | a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled (noun.animal) |
| domain member category | : | hood, |
| definition | : | (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal (noun.animal) |
| domain member category | : | plastron, |
| definition | : | (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside (noun.animal) |
| domain member category | : | collar, |
| definition | : | (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal (noun.attribute) |
| domain member category | : | protective coloration, |
| definition | : | coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators (noun.attribute) |
| domain member category | : | mantle, pallium, |
| definition | : | (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell (noun.body) |
| domain member category | : | cloaca, |
| definition | : | (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open (noun.body) |
| domain member category | : | natural scientist, naturalist, |
| definition | : | a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | aestivation, estivation, |
| definition | : | (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period (noun.state) |
| domain member category | : | brachiate, |
| definition | : | having arms or armlike appendages (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | scaled, scaley, scaly, |
| definition | : | having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | jointed, |
| definition | : | having joints or jointed segments (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | unjointed, |
| definition | : | without joints or jointed segments (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | vagile, |
| definition | : | having freedom to move about (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | caudate, caudated, |
| definition | : | having a tail or taillike appendage (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | acaudal, acaudate, |
| definition | : | lacking a tail or taillike appendage (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | pedate, |
| definition | : | having or resembling a foot (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | ametabolic, ametabolous, |
| definition | : | undergoing slight or no metamorphosis (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | colonial, compound, |
| definition | : | composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | nonsegmental, unsegmented, |
| definition | : | having a body that is not divided into segments (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | disjunct, |
| definition | : | having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | metameric, segmental, segmented, |
| definition | : | having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | univalve, |
| definition | : | used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc. (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | bivalve, bivalved, |
| definition | : | used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | vertebrate, |
| definition | : | having a backbone or spinal column (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | oviparous, |
| definition | : | egg-laying (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | ovoviviparous, |
| definition | : | producing living young from eggs that hatch within the body (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | warm-blooded, |
| definition | : | having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated) (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | cold-blooded, |
| definition | : | having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated) (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | alular, |
| definition | : | pertaining to alulae (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | ambulacral, |
| definition | : | pertaining to the ambulacra of radial echinoderms (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | anguine, |
| definition | : | of or related to or resembling a snake (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | annelid, annelidan, |
| definition | : | relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | anserine, |
| definition | : | of or resembling a goose (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | araneidal, araneidan, |
| definition | : | relating to or resembling a spider (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | avian, |
| definition | : | pertaining to or characteristic of birds (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | canine, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | carangid, |
| definition | : | of or relating to fish of the family Carangidae (adj.pert) |
| domain member category | : | filariid, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or belonging to the family Filariidae (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | zoological, |
| definition | : | concerning the study of animals and their classification and properties (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | zoological, |
| definition | : | concerning the study of animals and their classification and properties (adj.pert) |
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