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nounthe facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
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- hood (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an animal
- collar (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- conception the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
- mantle (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
- kinsey United States zoologist best known for his interview studies of sexual behavior (1894-1956)
- naturalist a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
- ichthyology the branch of zoology that studies fishes
- lorenz Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989)
- entomologist a zoologist who studies insects
- ornithologist a zoologist who studies birds