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Definition of Entomology

1. Noun. The branch of zoology that studies insects.

Definition of Entomology

1. n. That part of zoölogy which treats of insects.

Definition of Entomology

1. Noun. The scientific study of insects. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Entomology

1. [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Entomology

1. The scientific study of insects. (30 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Entomology

Literary usage of Entomology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"VERNON L. KELLOGG PARIS, April NOTES ON entomology THE report1 of M. Roubaud, who spent a year and a half in the Congo region as a member of a commission to ..."

2. Philosophical Magazine (1805)
"An Essay on Medical entomology. By F. CHAC- METON, Physician to the Army*. In his tam parvis tamque nullis qu.e ratio ? quanta vis > PLIV. ..."

3. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"He is also non-resident professor of entomology in the Leland Stanford, Jr., university, spending three months of the year at that ..."

4. A Half Century of Public Health by American Public Health Association, Mazÿck Porcher Ravenel (1921)
"A FIFTY YEAR SKETCH HISTORY OF MEDICAL entomology AND ITS RELATION TO PUBLIC ... D. Chief, Bureau of entomology, Washington, DC A REAL history of medical ..."

5. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"... springing powers of—Blue Haze—Noise made by a Butterfly—entomology— Ants—Wasp killing a Spicier—Parasitical Spider—Artifices of an Epeira— Gregarious ..."

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