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insectology

American  
[in-sek-tol-uh-jee] / ˌɪn sɛkˈtɒl ə dʒi /

noun

  1. entomology.

Other Word Forms

  • insectologer noun

Etymology

Origin of insectology

First recorded in 1760–70; insect + -o- + -logy

Example Sentences

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What would posterity think of us if we had nothing to transmit to it save a complete insectology, an immense history of microscopic animals?

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John

What they saw was blue blood, or something in insectology corresponding to it.

From Birds in Town and Village by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

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