ZOOLOGICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zoological mean? 

• ZOOLOGICAL (adjective)
  The adjective ZOOLOGICAL has 2 senses:

1. concerning the study of animals and their classification and properties

2. of or relating to animals or animal groups

  Familiarity information: ZOOLOGICAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZOOLOGICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Concerning the study of animals and their classification and properties

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

zoological research

Pertainym:

zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Derivation:

zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to animals or animal groups

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

zoological garden

Pertainym:

animal (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

 Context examples 

I do not hesitate to say that the disappearance of Professor Summerlee and myself would have left an appreciable gap in modern zoological history.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)