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Encyclopedia: Zoology

Zoology (rarely spelled zoölogy) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals.

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How to say "Zoology" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	动物学
	(Japanese)	動物学
	(German)	Zoologie
	(Spanish)	Zoología
	(French)	Zoologie
	(Italian)	Zoologia

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Paul Matschie

Paul Matschie (1861 - 1926) was a German zoologist. He worked at the Zoological Museum in Berlin...

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Richard Southwood

Sir Richard Southwood , DL, FRS, is emeritus professor of the University of Oxford's department of zoology...

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Scale

Scale (botany) Scale (zoology) Scale (music) Scale (measurement) Scale (chemical) Scale (social sciences) Scale (spatial) Scale (computing) Logarithmic scale...

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Professor of Zoology, Cambridge University

The Professorship of Zoology is a professorship at the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1866 it was originally the 'Professorship of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy', but was renamed in 1934. Professors of Zoology Alfred Newton (1866) Adam Sedgwick (1907) John Stanley Gardiner (1909) James...

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Coronal

( Linguistics ) Coronals refer to Coronal consonants. ( Zoology ) The coronal plane refers to a Zootomical term of location. Relating to a Corona...

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Franco Andrea Bonelli

Franco Andrea Bonelli (November 10, 1784 - November 18, 1830) was an Italian ornithologist and collector. In 1811 Bonelli became Professor of Zoology at University of Turin and curator of the zoological museum. During his time there the museum assembled one of the largest ornithological...

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Dryops

In Greek mythology, Dryops was the name of several individuals: The father of Dryope. A son of Apollo. One of the fifty sons of Priam. An associate of Aeneas. In zoology, Dryops is a genus of diving beetle; family Dryopidae...

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Herpetology

Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of reptiles and amphibians including their classification, ecology, behavior, physiology, anatomy, and paleontology. The etymology of the term is the Greek word herpeton which means "to creep...

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James Francis Stephens

James Francis Stephens (1792 - 1853) was an English zoologist. He published the last six volumes of General Zoology, or systematic natural history (1800-26) (14 volumes) after the death of George Shaw...

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James Lee Peters

James Lee Peters (1889 - 1952) was an American ornithologist. Peters was Curator of Birds at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard University. He wrote Check-list of Birds of the World (1931-52...

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