ichthyology

ich·thy·ol·o·gy  (kth-l-j)

n.

The branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes.

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ichthy·o·logic (--ljk), ichthy·o·logi·cal adj.

ichthy·olo·gist n.

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ichthyology [ik-thi-ol-a-jee]

Noun

the study of fishes [Greek ikhthus fish + -logy]

ichthyological adj
ichthyologist n

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ichthyology  (kth-l-j)

The scientific study of fish.

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ichthyology

1. the branch of zoology that studies fishes.
2. a zoological treatise on fish. — ichthyologist, n. — ichthyological, adj.

See also: Fish

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ichthyology - the branch of zoology that studies fishes zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals homocercal - possessing a symmetrical tail that extends beyond the end of the vertebral column (as in most bony fishes) heterocercal - possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe