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ichthyology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɪkθiˈɒləd͡ʒi/
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  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒi

1

noun

Meaning 1

A branch of zoology that studies fish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fishlore, fish science, fish sciences, ichth., ichthol.

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of zoology that studies fishes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: zoology, zoological science

History

Etymology

From ichthyo- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عِلْم اَلْأَسْمَاك (ʕilm al-ʔasmāk) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Armenian: ձկնաբանություն (jknabanutʻyun) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Asturian: ictioloxía — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Azerbaijani: balıqşünaclıq — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Belarusian: іхтыяло́гія (ixtyjalóhija) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Breton: peskedoniezh — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Bulgarian: ихтиоло́гия (ihtiológija) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Catalan: ictiologia — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Chinese Mandarin: 魚類學 /鱼类学 (yúlèixué) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Czech: ichtyologie — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Dutch: viskunde — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Dutch: ichtyologie — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Esperanto: iĥtiologio — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Esperanto: iktiologio — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Estonian: kalateadus — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Finnish: kalatiede — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • French: ichtyologie — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • French: ichthyologie — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Galician: ictioloxía — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Georgian: იქთიოლოგია (iktiologia) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • German: Ichthyologie — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • German: Fischkunde — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Greek: ιχθυολογία (ichthyología) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Gujarati: મત્સ્યવિજ્ઞાન (matsyavijñān) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Hebrew: אִיכְתִּיּוֹלוֹגְיָה (ikh'tiyolohiya) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Hebrew: חֵקֶר הַדָּגִים (khéker hadagím) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Hindi: मत्स्यविज्ञान (matsyavijñān) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Hungarian: halismeret — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Icelandic: fiskifræði — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Italian: ittiologia — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Japanese: 魚類学 (gyoruigaku) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Kazakh: балықтану (balyqtanu) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Korean: 어류학 (eoryuhak) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Latin: ichthyologia — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Lithuanian: ichtiològija — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Malay: iktiologi — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Malay: kaji ikan — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Marathi: मत्स्यवर्णन (matsyavarṇan) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Eastern Mari: ихтиологий (ihtiologij) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Norwegian Bokmål: iktyologi — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Occitan: ictiologia — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Polish: ichtiologia — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Portuguese: ictiologia — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Russian: ихтиоло́гия (ixtiológija) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Russian: рыбове́дение (rybovédenije) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Serbo-Croatian: ихтиоло̀гија — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Serbo-Croatian: ihtiològija — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Spanish: ictiología — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Swedish: iktyologi — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Tagalog: dalub-isdaan — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Thai: มีนวิทยา (mii-ná-wít-tá-yaa) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Turkish: ihtiyoloji — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Turkish: balık bilimi — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Ukrainian: іхтіоло́гія (ixtiolóhija) — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Vietnamese: ngư học — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Volapük: fitav — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
  • Welsh: pysgodeg — branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish
Real reading context

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