Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
zoocyst |
noun |
A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of which becomes a germ. |
zooecia |
plural |
of Zooecium |
zoogamy |
noun |
The sexual reproduction of animals. |
zoogeny |
noun |
Alt. of Zoogony |
zoogony |
noun |
The doctrine of the formation of living beings. |
zooidal |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to a zooid; as, a zooidal form. |
zoology |
noun |
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., A treatise on this science. |
zoonite |
noun |
One of the segments of the body of an articulate animal., One of the theoretic transverse divisions of any segmented animal. |
zoonomy |
noun |
The laws of animal life, or the science which treats of the phenomena of animal life, their causes and relations. |
zoonule |
noun |
Same as Zoonite. |
zootomy |
noun |
The dissection or the anatomy of animals; — distinguished from androtomy. |