"zoologize" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1931, Marie Beuzeville Byles, By Cargo Boat & Mountain: The Unconventional Experiences of a Woman on Tramp Round the World, page 141:",
          "text": "There it erects tents capable of holding about one hundred and fifty people, and there the members and their friends gather for a fortnight to climb mountains, botanize, zoologize, or merely enjoy life.",
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        {
          "ref": "1995, Charles Kingsley, Brian Alderson, The Water-babies, →ISBN, page xxxiv:",
          "text": "She is later joined by CK, who delights in the opportunity to zoologize on the sea-shore.",
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          "ref": "2011, William J. Mitsch, James G. Gosselink, Wetlands, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Broaden your horizons beyond the field that you were trained in so that you resist the ever-present temptation to over-engineer, over-botanize, or over-zoologize the wetlands that you create and restore.",
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        "To study zoology, especially by collecting animals to be studied."
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        "(intransitive) To study zoology, especially by collecting animals to be studied."
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          "ref": "1887, The Current - Issues 159-184, page 419:",
          "text": "Somehow, wherever Sue was, Ned always seemed in the same vicinity, discussing fiddler crabs or something equally slimy, and they seem likely to zoologize through life together.",
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        "To discuss zoology."
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        "(intransitive) To discuss zoology."
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  "word": "zoologize"
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        },
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        },
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          "text": "Broaden your horizons beyond the field that you were trained in so that you resist the ever-present temptation to over-engineer, over-botanize, or over-zoologize the wetlands that you create and restore.",
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