pestologyn.
/pɛˈstɒlədʒi/, U.S. /pɛsˈtɑlədʒi/ The branch of science that deals with pests and methods of controlling and eradicating them.
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pestology1921
1921 Glasgow Herald 26 Nov. 6 Lieut.-Colonel Nathan Raw, M.P., has become President of the newly formed Institute of Applied Pestology.
1979 Science 7 Sept. 1045/3 (advt.) The successful candidate should have..a current research program in at least one aspect of pestology.
1999 R. Schweid Cockroach Papers v. 116 In 1924, at a dinner given by the English College of Pestology, a researcher..presented a paper postulating that roaches carried cancer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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