zoologicallyadv.
/ˌzuːəˈlɒdʒᵻkli/, /ˌzəʊəˈlɒdʒᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌzuəˈlɑdʒək(ə)li/, /ˌzoʊəˈlɑdʒək(ə)li/ From a zoological point of view; as regards zoology; by zoological methods.
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the world > animals > zoology > [adverb]
zoologically1799
faunistically1885
1799 Philos. Mag. 2 414 To observe them [sc. birds] alive, describe them zoologically and anatomically; to prepare stuffed skins and skeletons, have been my occupation.
1819 W. Lawrence Lect. Physiol. ii. i. 249 The representations of all the animals being brought before Adam in the first instance, and subsequently of their being all collected in the ark..are zoologically impossible.
1845 C. Darwin Jrnl. (ed. 2) xvii. 393 This archipelago [sc. the Galapagos Islands],..is zoologically part of America.
1914 ‘A. Hallard’ tr. ‘P. de Coulevain’ Wonderful Romance iii. 75 I should like the child to be studied zoologically.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 748 The little tree-shrews that range from India to Java are not much to look at, but they are extraordinarily interesting zoologically.
1991 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 23 Nov. d2 Zoologically speaking, spiders are not insects.
2008 P. Klass Mercy Rule viii. 196 A set of zoologically correct replicas of the poisonous snakes of the world that Freddy had received for his fourth birthday.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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