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zoologize en · VERB

Etymology

From zoology + -ize.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To study zoology, especially by collecting animals to be studied.
   • Broaden your horizons beyond the field that you were trained in so that you resist the ever-present temptation to over-engineer, over-botanize, or over-zoologize the wetlands that you create and restore. 2011, William J. Mitsch, James G. Gosselink, Wetlands, →ISBN:
   • She is later joined by CK, who delights in the opportunity to zoologize on the sea-shore. 1995, Charles Kingsley, Brian Alderson, The Water-babies, →ISBN, page xxxiv:
   • There it erects tents capable of holding about one hundred and fifty people, and there the members and their friends gather for a fortnight to climb mountains, botanize, zoologize, or merely enjoy life. 1931, Marie Beuzeville Byles, By Cargo Boat & Mountain: The Unconventional Experiences of a Woman on Tramp Round the World, page 141:
2. (intransitive) To discuss zoology.
   • The only compensation he could get seems to have been to botanize and zoologize, as it were, on his visitors. 1866, John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard, The Eclectic Magazine - Volume 4, page 188:
   • Somehow, wherever Sue was, Ned always seemed in the same vicinity, discussing fiddler crabs or something equally slimy, and they seem likely to zoologize through life together. 1887, The Current - Issues 159-184, page 419:

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