How to Use zoological in a Sentence

zoological

adjective
  • Their demand for the beasts derived from their dream to turn the grassy park into a zoological wonder — a desire shared by the city’s park board.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Where did Phoebe get this zoological insight?
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • And, like the Mona Lisa, the artwork is the subject of a mystery—in this case, a zoological one.
    — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The team studied four immature orangutans that were shot in the wild and their bones housed in zoological museums.
    — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
  • His wife, Iris, is a lifetime trustee of the zoological society.
    — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • The dawn bear played a major role in this zoological flowering, though it’s not considered to be an ancestor to modern bears.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2023
  • The first few pages of full-page art offer a gorgeous introduction to the concept of zoological collective nouns.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Money from the tax is used for maintenance and zoological exhibits, but pays only a fraction of the overall costs of those expenses.
    — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2022
  • Though Barack Obama reading zoological bedtime stories will be more than enough for some people.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Calvo asks us to apply zoological and psychological concepts and terms to plants.
    — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The zoological society said that the red panda's mother also died just five days earlier and that her death could also be related to fireworks noise.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Theaters, cinemas, museums, art venues, amusement parts, zoological gardens and more are open for those with a corona passport.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 2 July 2021
  • How the animals use an ice treat is up to them, said Audrey Lagemann, zoological manager of elephants.
    — Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The word cow may bring to mind a familiar farm animal, but in zoological terminology, the term has a much wider application.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The platypus is famously recognized for its wide range of zoological oddities.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The zoological term primate refers to the order of mammals that includes humans, gorillas, apes, gibbons, and monkeys, among other species.
    — Brett Clarkson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 June 2018
  • The money will be used to buy everything from adaptive exercise equipment to zoological vehicles.
    — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Other works, like the zoological sketches of Joseph Wolf, show how societal norms have shaped the ways people imagine animals.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The use of city tax laws to fund the zoo should also be repealed, since the zoological society is more than capable of funding zoo infrastructure and operations.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • According to a recent zoological study, the River Thames, declared dead decades ago, is today alive with fish, sharks, eels and other marine life.
    — Reggie Nadelson, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The former rhino habitat, built in 1950, no longer met current zoological standards, according to the zoo.
    — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Any structure other than the male hemipenis was assumed by men in zoological fields to be vestigial or to only act as additional stimulation for male reptiles.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Twenty‑five years of teaching biology primed me, or perhaps produced a strange bias in me, to experience holding the instrument as a zoological wonder.
    — David George Haskell, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The poll released this week started with 20 nominees chosen by family travel and zoological park experts and was pared down to 10 in a four-week popular vote.
    — The Denver Post, 31 Mar. 2017
  • For Angela Gibson, zoological manager at Oakland Zoo, the pups symbolize a step in the right direction.
    — Eduardo Medina, SFChronicle.com, 5 July 2019
  • So much so that the San Antonio Zoo the zoo opened the first-ever chupacabra exhibit at a zoological facility in September.
    — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2021
  • During an investigation of the incident, the vice president of operations and zoological care resigned.
    — Colbi Edmonds, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
  • As one of the country’s finest zoological attractions, the Milwaukee County Zoo will educate, entertain and inspire you!
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Dan Self, zoological manager of reptiles at the Birmingham Zoo, said the snake in the photo with officer appears to be a boa constrictor though the photo was somewhat unclear.
    — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Long thought to have gone extinct alongside the dinosaurs, the coelacanth’s rediscovery in 1938 is considered one of that century’s greatest zoological findings.
    — Jessica Boddy, Popular Science, 8 Apr. 2020

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