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zootomy

/zəʊˈɒtəmi/ /zoʊˈɑdəmi/

Meanings
noun
The dissection or anatomy of animals.

Examples :

"The zootomy class at the university involved detailed dissections of animal specimens. "
anatomy animal biology science

Related Words

Illustration specimens

specimens noun

/ˈspɛsɪmɪnz/

An individual instance that represents a class; an example.

"early specimens of the art of Picasso"

Illustration university

university noun

/juːnɪˈvɜːsətiː/ /junɨˈvɝsəti/

Institution of higher education (typically accepting students from the age of about 17 or 18, depending on country, but in some exceptional cases able to take younger students) where subjects are studied and researched in depth and degrees are offered.

"My older sister is attending university to study engineering. "

Illustration anatomy

anatomy noun

/əˈnætəmi/

The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.

"The anatomy of a flower, studied in biology class, showed how its parts worked together. "

Illustration class

class noun

/klas/ /kleəs/

A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.

"Often used to imply membership of a large class."

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration dissection

dissection noun

/daɪˈsɛkʃən/

The act of dissecting, or something dissected

"The biology class's dissection of the frog helped students learn about its internal organs. "

Illustration involved

involved verb

/ɪnˈvɒlvd/ /ɪnˈvɑlvd/

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

"The gardener involved the climbing roses around the arbor. "

Illustration or

or conjunction

/ɔː(ɹ)/ /ɔɹ/ /ɚ/

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."

Illustration detailed

detailed verb

/dɪˈteɪld/

To explain in detail.

"The teacher detailed the steps for solving the math problem. "

Illustration animals

animals noun

/ˈæn.ɪ.məlz/

In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

"A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants."

Illustration dissections

dissections noun

/dɪˈsɛkʃənz/ /daɪˈsɛkʃənz/

The act of dissecting, or something dissected

"In biology class, we performed frog dissections to learn about animal anatomy. "

Illustration animal

animal noun

/ˈænɪməl/

In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

"A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants."