zoologize

English

Etymology

zoology + -ize

Alternative forms

Verb

zoologize (third-person singular simple present zoologizes, present participle zoologizing, simple past and past participle zoologized)

  1. (intransitive) To study zoology, especially by collecting animals to be studied.
    • 1931, Marie Beuzeville Byles, By Cargo Boat & Mountain: The Unconventional Experiences of a Woman on Tramp Round the World, page 141:
      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.
    • 1995, Charles Kingsley & ‎Brian Alderson, The Water-babies, →ISBN Invalid ISBN:
      She is later joined by CK, who delights in the opportunity to zoologize on the sea-shore.
    • 2011, William J. Mitsch & ‎James G. Gosselink, Wetlands, →ISBN:
      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.
  2. (intransitive) To discuss zoology.
    • 1866, John Holmes Agnew & ‎Walter Hilliard, The Eclectic Magazine - Volume 4, page 188:
      The only compensation he could get seems to have been to botanize and zoologize, as it were, on his visitors.
    • 1887, The Current - Issues 159-184, page 419:
      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.
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