zookeeping
Work in a zoo, feeding and caring for the animals.

zoolatria
Synonym of zoolatry.

zoolatries
plural of zoolatry

zoolatry
The worship of animals.

zoolite
A fossilized animal.

zoolites
plural of zoolite

zoolith
Synonym of zoolite.

zoolithe
Archaic form of zoolite.

zoolithes
plural of zoolithe

zooliths
plural of zoolith

zoologies
plural of zoology

zoology
The part of biology relating 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.

zoomachies
plural of zoomachy

zoomachy
A fight between or against animals.

zoomagnetism
animal magnetism

zoomancy
divination by means of animals

zoomass
The total mass of a living animal.

zoomasses
plural of zoomass

zoometry
measurement of the bodies of animals

zoomorph
A figure in ancient art resembling an animal.

zoomorphism
The representation of gods as animals or the attributing of animal characteristics to gods.
The use of animal figures in art and design or of animal symbols in literature.
The viewing of human behavior in terms of the behavior of animals.

zoomorphisms
plural of zoomorphism

zoomorphology
The morphology of animals

zoomorphs
plural of zoomorph

zoomusicology
A branch of zoosemiotics dealing with the musical aspects of animal sounds.

zoon
A distinct organism.
Any individual produced from a single egg.
The individuals collectively produced from a single egg, also called a compound animal.
Any of the individuals of a compound organism.
Zooid.

zoonite
One of the segments of the body of an articulated animal, sometimes regarded as a distinct organism.

zoonites
plural of zoonite

zoonomia
Alternative form of zoonomy.

zoonomy
The physiology of animals

zoonose
Alternative form of zoonosis.

zoonoses
plural of zoonosis
plural of zoonose

zoonosis
An animal disease, such as rabies or anthrax, that can be transmitted to humans.

zoonosology
The study of animal disease.

zoons
plural of zoon

zoonule
A zoonite.

zoonules
plural of zoonule

zoonym
The common name for a (species of) animal

zoonyms
plural of zoonym

zoopalaeontology
Alternative form of zoopaleontology

zoopaleontology
The subdiscipline of paleontology that deals with animals.

zoopathies
plural of zoopathy

zoopathology
Animal pathology; veterinary pathology.

zoopathy
A delusional condition in which the sufferer believes he/she is infested with animals.
The purported ability to communicate with and, in some instances, control animals.

zoopery
experimentation on animals

zoophaga
An artificial group comprising various carnivorous and insectivorous animals.

zoophage
An organism that consumes animal matter; a carnivore.

zoophages
plural of zoophage

zoophagist
Synonym of zoophage.

zoophagists
plural of zoophagist

zoophagy
The feeding on animals.

zoophilia
A paraphilia involving the sexual attraction of people to non-human animals.
The human sexual attraction or arousal to non-sapient animals.
Excessive fondness for animals.

zoophilias
plural of zoophilia

zoophilism
An affection for non-human animals
A preference of a parasite or vector to feed on non-human animals
Zoophilia, a sexual inclination towards bestiality

zoophily
pollination by animals

zoophite
Alternative spelling of zoophyte.

zoophites
plural of zoophite

zoophobia
An unusual fear of animals.

zoophobias
plural of zoophobia

zoophori
plural of zoophorus

zoophorous
Alternative spelling of zoophorus.

zoophorouses
plural of zoophorous

zoophorus
The frieze of a column, especially one decorated with animals.

zoophysics
The study of the structure of animal bodies; comparative anatomy.

zoophysiology
animal physiology

zoophyte
An animal thought to have the characteristics of a plant, later specifically an invertebrate of the (former) group Zoophyta, comprising sponges, corals and sea anemones.
A plant believed to have the characteristics of an animal, especially a sensitive plant or vegetable lamb.

zoophytes
plural of zoophyte

zooplankton
Free-floating small protozoa, crustaceans (such as krill), etc. and the eggs and larvae from larger animals.

zooplanktons
plural of zooplankton

zooplasties
plural of zooplasty

zooplasty
the surgical grafting of tissue from an animal to a human; zoografting

zoopotentiation
potentiation via transmission from animals

zoopragmatics
The pragmatics of animal communication.

zoopsychiatry
animal psychiatry

zoopsychology
The study of psychology in animals.

zooremediation
bioremediation by the use of animals

zoosadism
The deriving of sexual pleasure from cruelty to animals.

zoosanitation
The maintenance and verification of the health of animals, especially in terms of quarantine requirements.

zooscopy
The scientific observation of living animals.
A form of hallucination in which the sufferer believes he/she sees animals.

zoosemantics
The semantics of animal communication.

zoosemiosis
semiosis in and between animals

zoosemiotics
The study of animal communication.

zoosemy
The metaphorical use of animal names or animal-related terms to denote human qualities, e.g. chicken, sly fox, mother hen etc. as epithets for human individuals.

zoosmosis
osmosis in living (animal) tissue

zoosociology
animal sociology

zoosophy
knowledge or learning concerning animals

zoosphere
The animals of the Earth, especially as an ecosystem.
A layer in which animals are present.

zoospheres
plural of zoosphere

zoosyntax
The syntax of animal communication.

zoosystematics
The systematic classification of animals

zootaxonomy
The taxonomy of animals.

zootaxy
The scientific classification of animals.

zootechnician
One working in the field of zootechnics, or animal husbandry.

zootechnicians
plural of zootechnician

zootechnics
animal husbandry

zootechnies
plural of zootechny

zootechny
The science and technology of animal husbandry

zootheism
Animal worship; zoolatry.

zootje
A kind of Dutch fish stew.

zootjes
plural of zootje

zootomies
plural of zootomy

zootomy
The dissection or anatomy of animals.

zootope
The total habitat available for colonization within any certain ecotope or biotope by animal life.

zootopes
plural of zootope

zootoponym
A toponym that features the name of an animal

zootoponyms
plural of zootoponym

zootype
A proposed archetype of the form of all animals, based not on a shared body plan but on conserved molecular homologies.
An animal totem; an animal (or animal figure) that is taken as symbolic of a deeper abstraction.

zootypes
plural of zootype

zoozoo
The wood pigeon.

zoozoos
plural of zoozoo

zope
A fish of species Ballerus ballerus (syn. Abramis ballerus) native to Eurasia.

zopes
plural of zope

zopherid
Any member of the Zopheridae.

zopherids
plural of zopherid

zoril
Alternative spelling of zorille.

zorille
Ictonyx striatus, a small, carnivorous, nocturnal African mammal resembling a skunk.

zorilles
plural of zorille

zorillo
Striped skunk

zorillos
plural of zorillo

zorils
plural of zoril

zorrillo
Alternative form of zorillo (“striped skunk”).

zorrillos
plural of zorrillo

zorro
A South American canid of the species Lycalopex culpaeus, visually similar to (and sometimes referred to as) a fox but more closely related to a wolf.

zorros
plural of zorro

zorse
The offspring of a male zebra and a female horse.

zorses
plural of zorse

zubr
One of several species of European bison or aurochs, which were unclearly delineated in the 1800s when this sense was in use.
A wisent, European bison (Bos bonasus).

zubrs
plural of zubr

zud
Alternative form of dzud.

zuds
plural of zud

zugunruhe
Anxious behaviour in migratory animals, especially in birds, experienced at the beginning of the normal migration period.

zunzuncito
Mellisuga helenae, the bee hummingbird.

zunzuncitos
plural of zunzuncito

zygaenids
plural of zygaenid

zygaenoid
A member of the superfamily Zygaenoidea.

zygaenoids
plural of zygaenoid

zygobranch
A zygobranchiate mollusc.