entomology en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌɛntəˈmɒlədʒi/
Etymology
From French entomologie, from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “insect”) + -logie (from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “-logy”)), equivalent to entomo- + -logy.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The scientific study of insects, and (informal) of other arthropods (and occasionally other invertebrates).
“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.
2025 January 28, Jack Guy, “Tiny QR codes help scientists track bee movements”, in CNN:Entomology is an important field of study within biology.
Deriveds
Lubarsky's law of cybernetic entomology · ethnoentomology · entomologist · medical entomology · palaeoentomology · entomological · entomologically · radioentomology · entomologic · entomologize · paleoentomology
Holonyms
Relateds
entomophily · coleopterology · etymology (Similarly named but unrelated fields) · aetiology (Similarly named but unrelated fields) · myrmecology · dipterology · zoology · orthopterology · entomofauna · entomophilous · ethnology (Similarly named but unrelated fields) · entomofaunal · lepidopterology · arachnology · apiology · ethology (Similarly named but unrelated fields) · trichopterology · acarology · hemipterology · melittology · entomophagous · etiology (Similarly named but unrelated fields) · arthropodology · entomophagy · entomo-
Synonyms
Translations (89)
fa حشرهشناسی (study of insects) · da entomologi (study of insects) · et putukateadus (study of insects) · vo sökav (study of insects) · kmr kêziknasî (study of insects) · ca entomologia (study of insects) · sl entomologija (study of insects) · tr böcekbilim (study of insects) · eo entomologio (study of insects) · gu કીટવિજ્ઞાન (study of insects) · vi côn trùng học (study of insects) · tg ҳашаротшиносӣ (study of insects) · ast entomoloxía (study of insects) · hu rovartan (study of insects) · de Insektologie (study of insects) · ml ഷഡ്പദശാസ്ത്രം (study of insects) · nn entomologi (study of insects) · ml കീടശാസ്ത്രം (study of insects) · sl žužkoslóvje (study of insects) · hu entomológia (study of insects) · nod ᨠᩦᨭᩅᩥᨴ᩠ᨿᩣ (study of insects) · et entomoloogia (study of insects) · la entomologia (study of insects) · hi कीटविज्ञान (study of insects) · kk энтомология (study of insects) · kn ಪೂಚಿಯರಿಮೆ (study of insects) · uz entomologiya (study of insects) · mt entomoloġija (study of insects) · ko 곤충학 (study of insects) · kn ಕೀಟಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (study of insects) · he אֶנְטוֹמוֹלוֹגְיָה (study of insects) · ga feithideolaíocht (study of insects) · cmn 昆蟲學 /昆虫学 (study of insects) · el εντομολογία (study of insects) · mk ентомоло́гија (study of insects) · tl entomolohiya (study of insects) · ta பூச்சியியல் (study of insects) · tl dalubkulisapan (study of insects) · cs entomologie (study of insects) · br amprevanoniezh (study of insects) · uk ентомоло́гія (study of insects) · ar عِلْم اَلْحَشَرَات (study of insects) · it entomologia (study of insects) · pl entomologia (study of insects) · sh entomologija (study of insects) · nl entomologie (study of insects) · fr entomologie (study of insects) · be энтамало́гія (study of insects) · ms kaji serangga (study of insects) · lo ກີຕະວິທະຍາ (study of insects) · ja 昆虫学 (study of insects) · nb entomologi (study of insects) · fr insectologie (study of insects) · eo insektologio (study of insects) · sv entomologi (study of insects) · is skordýrafræði (study of insects) · de Entomologie (study of insects) · gl entomoloxía (study of insects) · sh ентомологија (study of insects) · vo näsäkav (study of insects) · kmr entomolojî (study of insects) · ru энтомоло́гия (study of insects) · pl owadoznawstwo (study of insects) · sq entomologji (study of insects) · ms entomologi (study of insects) · my ကိမိလဗေဒ (study of insects) · mn шавьж судлал (study of insects) · lt entomologija (study of insects) · pt entomologia (study of insects) · ky энтомология (study of insects) · bg ентомоло́гия (study of insects) · tr entomoloji (study of insects) · hy միջատաբանություն (study of insects) · id entomologi (study of insects) · da insektlære (study of insects) · ka ენტომოლოგია (study of insects) · es entomología (study of insects) · nl insectenkunde (study of insects) · haw kālaiʻelala (study of insects) · lv entomoloģija (study of insects) · mr कीटकशास्त्र (study of insects) · de Insektenkunde (study of insects) · sk entomológia (study of insects) · th กีฏวิทยา (study of insects) · yue 昆蟲學 /昆虫学 (study of insects) · ro entomologie (study of insects) · io entomologio (study of insects) · fi hyönteistiede (study of insects) · nan-hbl 昆蟲學 /昆虫学 (study of insects)