entomology

noun
/ˌɛntəˈmɒlədʒi/

Etymology

From French entomologie, from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “insect”) + -logie (from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “-logy”)), equivalent to entomo- + -logy.

  1. derived from ἔντομον
  2. derived from entomologie

Definitions

  1. The scientific study of insects, and (informal) of other arthropods (and occasionally…

    The scientific study of insects, and (informal) of other arthropods (and occasionally other invertebrates).

    • Entomology is an important field of study within biology.
    • “This suggests that most of the foraging that the bees do occurs very close to the hive,” study co-author Margarita López-Uribe, an associate professor of entomology at PSU, told CNN on Monday.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for entomology. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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