Entomology

Enˊto-mol′o-gy

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Entomologies

(#)

.

[Gr.

ἔντομον

insect (so called because nearly cut in two, fr.

ἔντομοσ

cut in;

ἐν

in +

τέμνειν

to cut) +

-logy

: cf. F.

entomologie

. See

In

, and

Tome

, and cf.

Insect

.]

1.

That part of zoölogy which treats of insects.

2.

A treatise on the science of entomology.

Entomology

ENTOMOL'OGY

,

Noun.

[Gr. insect, to cut, discourse.]

That part of zoology which treats of insects; the science or history and description of insects.

entomology

English

Noun

entomology ‎(uncountable) (most common term)

The scientific study of insects.
Entomology is an important field of study within biology.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with etymology.

Synonyms

(much less common term) insectology

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

study of insects

Albanian: entomologji (sq)
Arabic: عِلْم اَلْحَشَرَات m ‎(ʿilm al-ḥašarāt)
Armenian: միջատաբանություն (hy) ‎(miǰatabanutʿyun)
Asturian: entomoloxía f
Belarusian: энтамалогія f ‎(entamalóhija)
Breton: amprevanoniezh (br)
Bulgarian: ентомология f ‎(entomológija)
Catalan: entomologia f
Chinese:

Mandarin: 昆蟲學 (zh), 昆虫学 (zh) ‎(kūnchóngxué)

Min Nan: 昆蟲學 ‎(khun-thiông-ha̍k)
Czech: entomologie (cs) f
Danish: entomologi (da) c, insektlære
Dutch: entomologie (nl), insectenkunde
Esperanto: entomologio, insektologio
Estonian: entomoloogia, putukateadus
Finnish: hyönteistiede
French: entomologie (fr) f, insectologie (fr) f
Galician: entomoloxía (gl) f
Georgian: ენტომოლოგია ‎(enṭomologia)
German: Entomologie (de) f, Insektologie f, Insektenkunde (de) f
Gujarati: કીટવિજ્ઞાન ‎(kīṭvigyān)
Hawaiian: kālaiʻelala
Hebrew: אֶנְטוֹמוֹלוֹגְיָה (he) f ‎(entomológya)
Hindi: कीटविज्ञान m ‎(kīṭavigyān)
Hungarian: entomológia (hu), rovartan (hu)
Icelandic: skordýrafræði (is) f
Ido: entomologio (io)
Irish: feithideolaíocht f
Italian: entomologia (it) f
Japanese: 昆虫学 (ja) ‎(こんちゅうがく, konchūgaku)
Kannada: ಕೀಟಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) ‎(kīṭaśāstra), ಪೂಚಿಯರಿಮೆ (kn) ‎(pūciyarime)
Korean: 곤충학 (ko) ‎(gonchunghak) (昆蟲學 (ko))

Lao: ກີຕະວິທະຍາ ‎(kī ta wi tha nyā)
Latvian: entomoloģija f
Lithuanian: entomologija
Macedonian: ентомологија f ‎(entomológija)
Malay: entomologi, kaji serangga
Malayalam: കീടശാസ്ത്രം ‎(kīṭaśāstraṃ), ഷഡ്പദശാസ്ത്രം ‎(ṣaḍpadaśāstraṃ)
Maltese: entomoloġija f
Marathi: कीटकशास्त्र ‎(kīṭakśāstra)
Mongolian: шавьж судлал ‎(šavʹž sudlal)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: entomologi (no) m

Nynorsk: entomologi m
Persian: حشره‌شناسی ‎(hašare-šenâsi)
Polish: entomologia (pl) f, owadoznawstwo (pl)
Portuguese: entomologia (pt) f
Romanian: entomologie (ro)
Russian: энтомоло́гия (ru) f ‎(entomológija)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ентомологија f

Roman: entomologija (sh) f
Slovak: entomológia f
Slovene: entomologija (sl) f, žužkoslóvje
Spanish: entomología (es) f
Swedish: entomologi (sv) c
Tagalog: entomolohiya, dalubkulisapan
Tajik: ҳашаротшиносӣ ‎(hašarotšinosī)
Tamil: பூச்சியியல் (ta) ‎(pūcciyiyal)
Thai: กีฏวิทยา ‎(kīt̩withyā)
Turkish: entomoloji (tr), böcekbilim (tr)
Ukrainian: ентомологія f ‎(entomolóhija)
Vietnamese: côn trùng học (昆蟲學)
Volapük: näsäkav (vo), (obsolete) sökav

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Entomology

Enˊto-mol′o-gy

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Entomology

ENTOMOL'OGY

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entomology

entomology

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