All the animal life in a particular region or period:
— The zoology of the Pliocene epoch.

synonym: fauna.

Roget 357: organized world, organized nature; living nature, animated nature; living beings; organic remains, fossils.    protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein; albumen; structure etc. 329; organization, organism.    [Science of living beings] biology; natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology; zoology etc. 368; botany; microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology etc. 369; naturalist.    archegenesis etc. (production) 161^†; antherozoid^†, bioplasm^†, biotaxy^†, chromosome, dysmeromorph^†; ecology, oecology; erythroblast [Physio.], gametangium^†, gamete, germinal matter, invagination [Biol.]; isogamy^†, oogamy^†; karyaster^†; macrogamete^†, microgamete^†; metabolism, anabolism, catabolism; metaplasm^†, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary^†, spermatozoon, trophoplasm^†, vacuole, vertebration^†, zoogloea^†, zygote.    Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism.    morphology, taxonomy.    ... show more

Roget 368: zoology, zoonomy^†, zoography^†, zootomy^†; anatomy; comparative anatomy; animal physiology, comparative physiology; morphology; mammalogy.    anthropology, ornithology, ichthyology, herpetology, ophiology^†, malacology^†, helminthology [Med.], entomology, oryctology^†, paleontology, mastology^†, vermeology^†; ornithotomy^†, ichthyotomy^†, &c.; taxidermy.    zoologist etc. ... show more

Dutch: dierenrijk, dierenwereld, fauna
Polish: zwierzostan

The branch of biology that studies animals.

synonym: zoological science.

Dutch: dierkunde, zoölogie
Polish: zoologia