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Zoology

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.

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Accumulation 76% connected

The act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated, or that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of…

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Aggregation 76% connected

The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.

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Assemblage 76% connected

The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

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Biology 76% connected

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue.…

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Collection 76% connected

The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

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Avifauna 76% connected

The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.

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Entomology 76% connected

That part of zoology which treats of insects.

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Ethology 76% connected

A treatise on morality; ethics.

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Herpetology 76% connected

The natural history of reptiles; that branch of zoology which relates to reptiles, including their structure, classification, and habits.

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Ichthyology 76% connected

The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits.

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Malacology 76% connected

The science which relates to the structure and habits of mollusks.

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Mammalogy 76% connected

The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia. See Mammalia.

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Oology 76% connected

The science of eggs in relation to their coloring, size, shape, and number.

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Ornithology 76% connected

That branch of zoology which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.

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Paleozoology 76% connected

The Paleozoic time or strata.

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Biology 70% connected

The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue.…

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Fauna 92% connected

The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

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