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• protective coloration

  Coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators.

• entomology

  The branch of zoology that studies insects.

• ornithology

  The branch of zoology that studies birds.

• paleozoology

  The study of fossil animals.

• ethology

  The branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats.

• herpetology

  The branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians.

• ichthyology

  The branch of zoology that studies fishes.

• malacology

  The branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks.

• mammalogy

  The branch of zoology that studies mammals.

• protozoology

  The branch of zoology that studies protozoans.

• mantle

  (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance...

• oology

  The branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration,...

• siphon

  A tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be...

• naturalist

  A biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology).

• collar

  (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal.

• plastron

  (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside.

• estivation

  (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism...

• hood

  (zoology) an expandable part or marking that resembles a hood on the head or neck of an an...

• venation

  (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal.

• cloaca

  (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals)...

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• zoologist

  A specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals.