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bulbul, in zoology, antelope

(Encyclopedia)bulbul, antelope: see hartebeest. ...

(Encyclopedia)bulbul bo͝olˈbo͝ol [key], bird, common name for members of the family Pycnonotidae, comprising 119 species of medium-sized, dull-colored passerine birds with short necks and wings, native to Africa...

zoology

(Encyclopedia)zoology, branch of biology concerned with the study of animal life. From earliest times animals have been vitally important to man; cave art demonstrates the practical and mystical significance animal...

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 of zoology ...

In

(Encyclopedia)In, symbol for the element indium. ...

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 as one of t...

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 the Boston So...

naiad

(Encyclopedia)naiad, in zoology: see insect.

Komodo dragon

(Encyclopedia)Komodo dragon: see monitor, in zoology. ...

Dall sheep

(Encyclopedia)Dall sheep: see bighorn, in zoology. ...