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zootomic, zootomical (adjective) (not comparable)
Pertaining to the research of animal anatomy: Dr. Thompson said that it was very important for the students to spend a lot of time in the lab with dissecting the bodies of animals, comparing the structures and analyzing them in order to prepare their zootomic investigations for the seminar the following week.
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zootomy, zootomic, zootomical
1. The study of the anatomy of animals; especially, comparative anatomy.
2. The dissection of animals.
A student is studying the anatomy of a cat and is dissecting it to see its bodily organs.
This student is trying to learn more about the anatomic structure
of animals; in this case, the bodily composition of a cat.

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