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zoologische

Zoologische is an adjective used in Dutch and German to denote relation to zoology, the scientific study of animals. It derives from the Greek roots zoon (animal) and logos (study) and functions like other scientific descriptors to qualify nouns that belong to the field.

In German, zoologische appears in inflected form to agree with the noun and is used in a

Zoologische is common in formal, scientific, or historical contexts, including museum labels, academic writings, and institutional

range
of
technical
terms,
for
example
zoologische
Sammlung
(zoological
collection),
zoologische
Systematik
(zoological
taxonomy),
and
zoologische
Forschung
(zoological
research).
In
Dutch,
the
adjective
is
used
similarly
in
compound
phrases
such
as
zoologische
tuin
(the
zoo)
and
zoologische
literatuur
(zoological
literature).
In
everyday
Dutch,
the
preferred
term
for
a
zoo
is
often
dierentuin.
names,
where
it
indicates
that
the
subject
matter
falls
within
zoolology—the
study
of
animals’
structure,
classification,
behavior,
and
ecology.
The
term
thus
serves
as
a
concise
descriptor
that
links
material,
topics,
or
facilities
to
the
broader
discipline
of
zoology
without
specifying
a
particular
subset
of
the
field.