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# zoological

adjective (zoological)

«zoological» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To do with zoology, the science of animals: zoological research. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoological/#m1)
2. To do with a zoo or a collection of animals: a zoological garden (the full old name for a zoo). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoological/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science it describes the study of animals; in place names it appears in "Zoological Gardens" or "Zoological Society". The everyday short word "zoo" comes from "zoological garden". Phrases: zoological garden, zoological park, zoological society, zoological museum.

### Examples

- The city zoo was once called the Zoological Gardens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoological/#x1)
- The zoological museum has skeletons of whales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoological/#x2)
- Scientists from the zoological society counted the birds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoological/#x3)
- She wants a zoological career, studying frogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoological/#x4)
- A zoological park gives animals more space than an old zoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoological/#x5)
- We read a zoological book about insects. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoological/#x6)

### Note

Adjective of zoology. Say zoh-uh-LOJ-i-kul (not "zoo-logical", though many people say that). A scientist of animals is a zoologist. "Zoo" is a shortened form of zoological garden.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «zoological» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zoological/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«zoological» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/zoological.html) on Mova free.