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zoological

[ zoh-uh-loj-i-kuh l ]

/ ˌzoʊ əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl /

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adjective

of or relating to zoology.

relating to or concerned with animals.

Often zo·o·log·ic.

Origin of zoological

First recorded in 1800–10; zoolog(y) + -ical

OTHER WORDS FROM zoological

zo·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb non·zo·o·log·ic, adjective non·zo·o·log·i·cal, adjective non·zo·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

pseu·do·zo·o·log·i·cal, adjective

Words nearby zoological

zookeeper, zooks, zool., zoolagnia, zoolatry, zoological, zoological garden, zoologist, zoology, zoom, zoom in

Example sentences from the Web for zoological

Did you ever see the boa constrictor fed at the Zoological Gardens?

Armadale |Wilkie Collins
Such testimony is irrefutable, and is to groups of peoples what articulate speech is to the individual in the zoological scale.

Russia: Its People and Its Literature |Emilia Pardo Bazán
Zoological morphology is the doctrine of animal form or structure.

On the Study of Zoology |Thomas H. Huxley
The finest in the city is that already described in the zoological department of Woodward's Gardens.

Bancroft's Tourist's Guide Yosemite |A.L. Bancroft

To carry these out adequately the Zoological Society had accumulated troops of monkeys and baboons.

Mrs. Warren's Daughter |Sir Harry Johnston