zoological

[ zoh-uh-loj-i-kuhl ]

/ ˌzoʊ əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl /

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adjective

of or relating to zoology.

relating to or concerned with animals.

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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, adverbnon·zo·o·log·ic, adjectivenon·zo·o·log·i·cal, adjectivenon·zo·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

pseu·do·zo·o·log·i·cal, adjective

Words nearby zoological

zooid, zookeeper, zooks, zool., zoolatry, zoological, zoological garden, zoologist, zoology, zoom, zoometry

How to use zoological in a sentence

The next day, Cajal countered with a precise, forceful rebuttal, detailing his work on “nearly all the organs of the nervous system and on a large number of zoological species.”
How a scientist-artist transformed our view of the brain|Laura Sanders|March 17, 2022|Science News
The short version is that it seems on the one hand zoological and on the other hand reductionist.
'Jew in a Box' Puts Tilda Swinton to Shame|Ilana Glazer|April 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Zoological gardens and “wild beast shows” had for him attractions which were quite irresistible.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
He used to look on me, I remember, as an amusing sort of animal out of the Zoological Gardens.
Jaffery|William J. Locke

It was a magnificent bald eagle—the first I had ever seen outside of a zoological garden.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur
For thirty years or more he had gone about the hazardous enterprise of supplying zoological gardens and circuses with wild beasts.
The Adventures of Kathlyn|Harold MacGrath
To Jack and Fred he seemed fully four times the size of the largest black bear they had ever seen in any zoological garden.
Two Boys in Wyoming|Edward S. Ellis