ENTOMOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does entomology mean? 

• ENTOMOLOGY (noun)
  The noun ENTOMOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of zoology that studies insects

  Familiarity information: ENTOMOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTOMOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of zoology that studies insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

bugology; entomology

Hypernyms ("entomology" is a kind of...):

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Domain member category:

caste (in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "entomology"):

lepidopterology; lepidoptery (the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera)

Derivation:

entomologic; entomological (of or relating to the biological science of entomology)

entomologist (a zoologist who studies insects)

 Context examples 

Entomology; the branch of zoology that studies insects.

(Entomology, NCI Thesaurus)

"These ants are fascinating as their mandibles are very unusual," said University of Illinois animal biology and entomology professor Andrew Suarez, who led the research with Fredrick J. Larabee, a postdoctoral researcher at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

(Dracula Ant Found to Be Fastest Creature on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

While it is encouraging that losses are lower than in the past, I would stop short of calling this 'good' news, said Dennis van Engelsdorp, an assistant professor of entomology at the University of Maryland and project director for the Bee Informed Partnership, in a summary of the study.

(Study Finds Mixed News About Bee Populations, VOA)