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
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 Two of the science's most illustrious expounders were Buffon and Oliver Goldsmith, from both of whom we learn (L'Histoire generale des animaux and A History of Animated Nature) that the domestic cow sheds its horn every two years
Zoology is the scientific study of animals. + zoological zoo·logi·cal zoological specimens. + zoologist zoologists zo·olo·gist a renowned zoologist and writer. the scientific study of animals and their behaviour (zoologia, from zoion ). 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), Georges-Louis de Buffon (natural history), Georges Cuvier (comparative anatomy), and Claude Bernard (homeostasis) greatly advanced the field. The 1859 publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was a major turning point. Since that time, the study of genetics has become essential in zoological studies
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 Two of the science's most illustrious expounders were Buffon and Oliver Goldsmith, from both of whom we learn (_L'Histoire generale des animaux_ and _A History of Animated Nature_) that the domestic cow sheds its horn every two years
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