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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Branch of biology concerned with the study of animals. It includes any aspect of the study of animal form and function – description of present-day animals, the study of evolution of animal forms, anatomy , physiology , embryology , behaviour, and geographical distribution. Aspects of zoology Histology is the microscopic study of animals' cells and the different tissues made up of these cells. Cytology studies the interior of the cells and how their organelles function. Comparative anatomy compares the structure of various groups of animals to see how they are related to each other, and contributes to the study of evolution , which is concerned with how modern animals developed and what primitive ancestors they have evolved from. Studies of reproduction, growth, and development include embryology and genetics. How animals function is studied through biochemistry, cytology, and physiology, all of which help zoologists to understand the workings of the animal's body. The relation of the…
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From The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style
Traditionally, the first syllable of zoology has been pronounced as (zō), rhyming with toe . However, most likely due to the familiarity of the word zoo (which is merely a shortened form of zoological garden ), the pronunciation of the first syllable as (z ) is also commonly heard. In our 1999…
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From Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
Swiss-born American naturalist, geologist, and teacher A man cannot be professor of zoology on one day and of chemistry on the next, and do good work in both. As in a concert all are musicians, one plays one instrument, and one another, but none all in perfection. Quoted in Jordan, David Starr…
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From The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology
Broadly, zoology refers to the science of studying the animal kingdom. During the early history of the United States, zoology was considered a field of study within natural history (along with botany) and, beginning in the 1870s and 1880s, within biology. Throughout the nineteenth century, …
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From The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language
The branch of biology that deals with animals and animal life, including the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals. The animal life of a particular area or period: the zoology of Alaska; the zoology of the Pleistocene. The characteristics of a particular…
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From The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education
‘Zoology’ (Greek ‘zōion’, an animal) is a science addressed to animals, or alternatively the collective animal biota of a defined region, as in ‘the zoology of the British Isles’ or the characteristics of a particular group, as in ‘the zoology of mammals’. A modern heuristic definition holds that an…
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From The Classical Tradition
The word zoology was coined in the 17th century to denote the medical and scientific study of animals—just as intense classical influence on that study was waning. From the mid-15th to the early 17th centuries, classical texts and careful observation went hand in hand in the study of the animal…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Branch of biology concerned with the study of animals. It includes any aspect of the study of animal form and function – description of present-day animals, the study of evolution of animal forms, anatomy , physiology , embryology , behaviour, and geographical distribution. Aspects of zoology…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
branch of biology concerned with the study of animal life. From earliest times animals have been vitally important to man; cave art demonstrates the practical and mystical significance animals held for prehistoric man. Early efforts to classify animals were based on physical resemblance, habitat, or…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Branch of biology concerned with members of the animal kingdom and with animal life in general. The science originated in the works of Hippocrates , Aristotle , and Pliny . The contributions of individuals such as William Harvey (the circulation of blood), Carolus Linnaeus (system of nomenclature), …
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