zoological

Often zo·o·log·ic

[zoh-uh-loj-i-kuhl]

adjective

1. of or relating to zoology.

2. relating to or concerned with animals.

Other Word Forms

• zoologically adverb
• nonzoologic adjective
• nonzoological adjective
• nonzoologically adverb
• pseudozoological adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of zoological¹

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

Example Sentences

It is unclear what caused the caller’s zoological mix-up.

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Mark Habben, director of zoological operations at Wildwood Trust, said emergency procedures were deployed and the public was "not in harm's way".

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Only seven other zoological collections in the world keep greater bamboo lemurs.

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The last fact wasn’t actually disappointing, but a point of zoological interest.

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But there was more to the tweet than a zoological judgment.

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Related Words

• bodily 
• natural