entomology
(ɛntəˈmɒlədʒɪ)
[ad. Fr. entomologie (1764 in Littré), mod.L. entomologia f. entomo- + λογία (see -logy).]
That branch of natural history which deals with the physiology, distribution, and classification of insects.
| 1766 tr. Bonnet's Contemp. Nat. ix. ix. I have given the name insectology to that part of natural history which has insects for its object: that of entomology..would undoubtedly have been more suitable..but its barbarous sound terryfy'd me. 1771 G. White Selborne xxxiv. 91 Nothing would recommend entomology more than, etc. 1828 Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 213 The branch of science named Entomology. 1856 Emerson Eng. Traits, 1st Visit Eng. Wks. (Bohn) II. 3 Landor despised entomology. |