Lamarckian Look up Lamarckian at Dictionary.com
1846, of or pertaining to Fr. botanist and zoologist J.B.P. Lamarck (1744-1829), especially his view that the process of evolution includes the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
ammonite Look up ammonite at Dictionary.com
"cephalopod mollusk," 1706, coined by Fr. zoologist Jean Guillaume Bruguière (c.1750-1798) from M.L. (cornu) Ammonis "horn of Ammon," the Egyptian god of life and reproduction, who was depicted with ram's horns, which the fossils resemble.
cephalization Look up cephalization at Dictionary.com
1864, coined by U.S. zoologist James D. Dana (1813-1895) from Gk. kephale "head" on model of specialization, etc.
protozoa Look up protozoa at Dictionary.com
1834, from Mod.L., coined 1818 by Ger. zoologist Georg August Goldfuss (1782-1848) from Gk. protos "first" + zoia, pl. of zoion "animal" (see zoo).
ecology Look up ecology at Dictionary.com
1873, coined by Ger. zoologist Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) as Okologie, from Gk. oikos "house, dwelling place, habitation" (see villa) + -logia "study of." Ecosphere (1953) is the region around a star where conditions allow life-bearing planets to exist.
zoology Look up zoology at Dictionary.com
1669, from Mod.L. zoologia, from Gk. zoion "animal" (see zoo) + -logia "study," from logos "word." Zoologist first recorded 1663.
Arthropoda Look up Arthropoda at Dictionary.com
1870, from Mod.L., lit. "those with jointed feet," coined 1845 by Ger. zoologist Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804-1885) from Gk. arthron "a joint" (from PIE *ar-dhro-, from *ar- "to fit together;" see arm (1)) + podos gen. of pous "foot" (see foot).