zoosemiotics

zoosemiotics
/zoh'euh see'mee ot"iks, -see'muy-, -sem'ee-, -sem'uy-/, n. (used with a sing. v.)
the study of the sounds and signals used in animal communication, as song in birds or tail-wagging in dogs.
[1960-65; ZOO- + SEMIOTICS]

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