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ETHOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ethology mean?
• ETHOLOGY (noun)
The noun ETHOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats
Familiarity information: ETHOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ethology" is a kind of...):
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Derivation:
ethologist (a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats)
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