entomology

Noun

Meaning

That part of zoology which treats of insects.

A treatise on the science of entomology.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

insectology bugology study of insects aeronautics ant entomological ornithology biology anatomy zoology ethnography ethology etymology anthropology taxonomy
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Hypernyms

science zoology zoological science

Hyponyms

lepidopterology lepidoptery

Related terms

entomophilous entomophagous entomo- entomophily entomophagy entomofauna

Phrases with the word

Lubarsky's law of cybernetic entomology medical entomology agricultural entomology

Derivatives

entomologies

Anagrams

meontology

Examples

I originally envisioned myself doing something with the suffix 'ology' at the end of it, like marine biology or entomology. But after I started to do some acting gigs, I thought it wasn't a bad thing... I said to myself, 'I might as well keep riding this bus until the wheels fall off. Callan McAuliffe

Academia.edu. Department of Entomology — Washington State University, n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2014. Source: Internet

Among the top five percent were graduate programs in Spanish, entomology, agricultural and resource economics, plant biology, ecology, and nutritional biology. Source: Internet

Erin Hodgson and Aaron Gassmann, Iowa State Extension, Department of Entomology. Source: Internet

He traveled widely and took 26 detailed measurements of hundreds of thousands of gall wasps; his methodology was itself an important contribution to entomology as a science. Source: Internet

“It has completely increased where we can be: lots of different places at lots of different times,” said Michael Wall, curator of entomology at the Natural History Museum, who started a project earlier this year on local bumblebees. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

entomologise entomologist entomologize entomomancy entomometer entomonecrophagous