Found 2 items, similar to Comparative anatomy.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: comparative anatomy comparative anatomy n : the study of anatomical features of animals of different species
English → English (gcide) Definition: Comparative anatomy Anatomy \A*nat"o*my\, n.; pl. Anatomies. [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr. ? dissection, fr. ? to cut up; ? + ? to cut.] 1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection. [1913 Webster] 2. The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. [1913 Webster] Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Note: “Animal anatomy” is sometimes called zomy; “vegetable anatomy,” phytotomy; “human anatomy,” anthropotomy. [1913 Webster] Comparative anatomy compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals. [1913 Webster] 3. A treatise or book on anatomy. [1913 Webster] 4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse. [1913 Webster] 5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. [1913 Webster] The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]