entomology
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
entomology /ˌɛntəˈmɒlədʒi/
▶noun the branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects.
– derivatives
entomological adjective,
entomologist noun.
entomological adjective,
entomologist noun.
– origin C18: from Fr. entomologie or mod. L. entomologia, from Gk entomon (denoting an insect) + -logia (see -logy).
'entomology' also found in these Oxford entries:
aculeate
- alate
- apterous
- apterygote
- bug
- carabid
- caste
- chalcid
- chironomid
- chordotonal
- clypeus
- coleopteran
- corbicula
- costa
- coxa
- cremaster
- dipteran
- dipterous
- eclose
- elytron
- frenulum
- funicle
- geometer
- geometrid
- halteres
- hemipteran
- heteropteran
- homopteran
- humerus
- hymenopteran
- imaginal
- imago
- juvenile hormone
- labellum
- labium
- Lepidoptera
- macrolepidoptera
- microlepidoptera
- myrmecology
- nervure
- neuropteran
- noctuid
- nurse
- odonate
- ommatidium
- orthopteran
- parasitoid
- patagium
- perfect
