zoosemiotics

[ zoh-uh-see-mee-ot-iks, -see-mahy-, -sem-ee-, -sem-ahy- ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the study of the sounds and signals used in animal communication, as song in birds or tail-wagging in dogs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of zoosemiotics¹

First recorded in 1960–65; zoo- + semiotics

Example Sentences

I study zoosemiotics and ethology, and the critical links between human demographic pressure and the diverse, remaining habitats on Earth.

From Forbes

Options Michael Charles Tobias My work encompasses ecological anthropology and aesthetics, the history of ideas, environmental psychology, global biodiversity field research, systematics, deep demography, animal rights and animal liberation, zoosemiotics and ethology, and the critical links between human demographic pressure and the genetic corridors and diverse, remaining habitats on Earth.

From Forbes

My work encompasses ecological anthropology and aesthetics, the history of ideas, environmental psychology, global biodiversity field research, systematics, deep demography, animal rights and animal liberation, zoosemiotics and ethology, and the critical links between human demographic pressure and the genetic corridors and diverse, remaining habitats on Earth.

From Forbes

“You can be certain that dolphins wield more verb tenses than our species; that their so-called zoosemiotics transcends anything we're...”

From Forbes

“You can be certain that dolphins wield more verb tenses than our species; that their so-called zoosemiotics transcends anything we're...”

From Forbes