fauna: all the animal life in a particular region or period; 'the fauna of China'; 'the zoology of the Pliocene epoch' the branch of biology that studies animals
Zoology (rarely spelled zoölogy) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals.
Zoology is a quarterly scientific journal concerning zoology (not to be confused with the Journal of Zoology). It was founded in 1886.
A branch of biology that is concerned with the scientific study of animals, including their biology, distribution, and identification. The study of animal life. is a science that deals with animals and is the branch of biology concerned with the animal kingdom and its members as individuals and classes and with animal life. The branch of Biology that studies animals, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution. (zo·ol·o·gy) (zo-ol´ə-je) [zoo- + -logy] the biology of animals; the sum of what is known regarding animals other than humans. Called also zoobiology. is the study of the natural history of animals. that branch of science that deals with animal structures, growth, and classification. n. The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly (Musca maledicta). The father of Zoology was Aristotle, as is universally conceded, but the name of its mother has not come down to us. ...
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