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The Devil's Dictionary: Zoology
by Ambrose Bierce ZIGZAGZOOLOGY -n. The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly (Musca maledicta). The father of Zoology was Aristotle, as is…Newton, Alfred
(Encyclopedia) Newton, Alfred, 1829–1907, English zoologist, b. Geneva. He studied (1854–65) ornithology in Lapland, Iceland, the West Indies, and North America and in 1866 became the first professor…Hyatt, Alpheus
(Encyclopedia) Hyatt, Alpheus, 1838–1902, American zoologist, b. Washington, D.C., grad. Harvard, 1862. He was a devoted follower of Louis Agassiz. From 1870, Hyatt was custodian and later curator of…Forster, Johann Reinhold
(Encyclopedia) Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729–98, German naturalist and teacher. His Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1772–73) on zoology, ornithology, and ichthyology established him…ounce, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) ounce, in zoology: see leopard.nymph, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) nymph, in zoology: see insect.naiad
(Encyclopedia) naiad, in zoology: see insect.phoebe, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) phoebe, in zoology: see flycatcher.hamadryad, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) hamadryad, in zoology: see cobra.Komodo dragon
(Encyclopedia) Komodo dragon: see monitor, in zoology.Trending
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