zootechny

noun

zo·​o·​tech·​ny

plural -es

1

: the scientific art of maintaining and improving animals under domestication including breeding, genetics, nutrition, and housing : the technology of animal husbandry

2

: methods and devices for capturing and utilizing animals especially as employed by nonliterate people

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary zo- + -techny; probably originally formed as French zootechnie

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