Dictionary entry

Zoölogy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Zo‐öl″o‐gy (?), n.; pl.Zoölogies (#). [Zoö- + -logy: cf. F. zoologie. See Zodiac.]

1. That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

2. A treatise on this science.