[mass noun]the scientific study of the behaviour, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals 动物学 ■the animal life of a particular area or time 动物生活特性 the zoology of Russia's vast interior. 俄罗斯广袤内陆的动物生活特性。
派生 zoologist noun 语源
mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin zoologia (see zoo-, -logy)