ichthyology

English

Etymology

From ichthyo- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪkθiˈɒləd͡ʒi/

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Noun

ichthyology (uncountable)

1. A branch of zoology that studies fish.

   Synonyms: fishlore, fish science, fish sciences, (abbreviation) ichth., (abbreviation) ichthol.

Derived terms

• ichthyologic
• ichthyological
• ichthyologically
• ichthyologist

 

Related terms

• ichthammol
• ichthus, ichthys (ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”))
• ichthyic
• ichthy-, ichthyo-
• ichthyocentaur
• ichthyofauna
• ichthyofaunal
• ichthyofaunally
• ichthyoid
• ichthyoidal
• Ichthyol
• ichthyolite
• ichthyolitic
• ichthyophagist
• ichthyophagous
• ichthyophagy
• ichthyophthirius
• ichthyophthirius disease
• ichthyornis, Ichthyornis ("fish bird")
• ichthyosarcotoxin
• ichthyosaur
• ichthyosaurian
• ichthyosaurioid
• ichthyosaurus, Ichthyosaurus ("fish lizard")
• ichthyosis
• ichthyotic
• -logy, -ology

 

Translations

branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish

• Arabic: عِلْم اَلْأَسْمَاك m (ʕilm al-ʔasmāk)
• Armenian: ձկնաբանություն (hy) (jknabanutʻyun)
• Asturian: ictioloxía (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: balıqşünaclıq
• Belarusian: іхтыяло́гія f (ixtyjalóhija)
• Breton: peskedoniezh (br) f
• Bulgarian: ихтиоло́гия f (ihtiológija)
• Catalan: ictiologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魚類學／鱼类学 (zh) (yúlèixué)

• Czech: ichtyologie (cs) f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: viskunde f, ichtyologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: iĥtiologio, iktiologio
• Estonian: kalateadus
• Finnish: kalatiede (fi)
• French: ichtyologie (fr) f, ichthyologie (fr) f
• Galician: ictioloxía (gl) f
• Georgian: იქთიოლოგია (ka) (iktiologia)
• German: Ichthyologie (de) f, Fischkunde (de) f
• Greek: ιχθυολογία (el) f (ichthyología)
• Guaraní: pirakuaaty
• Gujarati: મત્સ્યવિજ્ઞાન ? (matsyavijñān)
• Hebrew: אִיכְתִּיּוֹלוֹגְיָה (he) f (ikh'tiyolohiya), חֵקֶר הַדָּגִים m (khéker hadagím)
• Hindi: मत्स्यविज्ञान m (matsyavijñān)
• Hungarian: halismeret
• Icelandic: fiskifræði (is) f
• Italian: ittiologia (it) f
• Japanese: 魚類学 (ja) (ぎょるいがく, gyoruigaku)
• Kazakh: балықтану (balyqtanu)
• Korean: 어류학(魚類學) (eoryuhak)
• Latin: ichthyologia f
• Lithuanian: ichtiològija f
• Malay: iktiologi, kaji ikan
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: ихтиологий (ihtiologij)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iktyologi (no) m

• Occitan: ictiologia f
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} آبزی‌شناسی (âbzi-šenâsi)
• Polish: ichtiologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: ictiologia (pt) f
• Russian: ихтиоло́гия (ru) f (ixtiológija), рыбове́дение (ru) n (rybovédenije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ихтиоло̀гија f

  Roman: ihtiològija (sh) f

• Spanish: ictiología (es) f
• Swedish: iktyologi (sv) c
• Tagalog: dalub-isdaan
• Thai: มีนวิทยา (th) (mii-ná-wít-tá-yaa)
• Turkish: ihtiyoloji (tr), balık bilimi (tr)
• Ukrainian: іхтіоло́гія f (ixtiolóhija)
• Vietnamese: ngư học (魚學)
• Volapük: fitav
• Welsh: pysgodeg f