ethology

[ ee-thol-uh-jee, ih-thol- ]

/ iˈθɒl ə dʒi, ɪˈθɒl- /

noun

the study of animal behavior with emphasis on the behavioral patterns that occur in natural environments.

Origin of ethology

1895–1900; earlier, as the study of relations between an organism and its environment <French éthologie, coined by French zoologist I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805–61); see ethos, -logy

OTHER WORDS FROM ethology

e·tho·log·i·cal

[ee-thuh-loj-i-kuhl, eth-uh-], /ˌi θəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl, ˌɛθ ə-/, adjectivee·tho·log·i·cal·ly, adverbe·thol·o·gist, noun

Words nearby ethology

ethnoscience, ethnotherapy, et hoc genus omne, ethogram, ethol., ethology, ethonone, ethos, ethosuximide, ethoxide, ethoxy

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Example sentences from the Web for ethology

It must itself depend on laws of mind and character (psychology and ethology).
The Idea of Progress|J. B. Bury
Etholog′ic, -al, relating to ethology: treating of morality.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
I remark by anticipation that this expression implies a reference to Mill's Ethology, of which I shall have to speak.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.|Leslie Stephen
As in Ethology and other deductive sciences, so in Statistics and History there are empirical laws.
Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic|William Stebbing

British Dictionary definitions for ethology

ethology

/ (ɪˈθɒlədʒɪ) /

noun

the study of the behaviour of animals in their normal environment

Derived forms of ethology

ethological (ˌɛθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjectiveethologically, adverbethologist, noun

Word Origin for ethology

C17 (in the obsolete sense: mimicry): via Latin from Greek ēthologia, from ēthos character; current sense, C19

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Scientific definitions for ethology

ethology

[ ĭ-thŏl′ə-jē, ē-thŏl′- ]

The scientific study of animal behavior, especially as it occurs in a natural environment.

单词	ethology
释义	ethology [ ee-thol-uh-jee, ih-thol- ] / iˈθɒl ə dʒi, ɪˈθɒl- / noun the study of animal behavior with emphasis on the behavioral patterns that occur in natural environments. Origin of ethology 1895–1900; earlier, as the study of relations between an organism and its environment <French éthologie, coined by French zoologist I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805–61); see ethos, -logy OTHER WORDS FROM ethology e·tho·log·i·cal [ee-thuh-loj-i-kuhl, eth-uh-], /ˌi θəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl, ˌɛθ ə-/, adjectivee·tho·log·i·cal·ly, adverbe·thol·o·gist, noun Words nearby ethology ethnoscience, ethnotherapy, et hoc genus omne, ethogram, ethol., ethology, ethonone, ethos, ethosuximide, ethoxide, ethoxy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ethology It must itself depend on laws of mind and character (psychology and ethology). The Idea of Progress\|J. B. Bury Etholog′ic, -al, relating to ethology: treating of morality. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)\|Various I remark by anticipation that this expression implies a reference to Mill's Ethology, of which I shall have to speak. The English Utilitarians, Volume I.\|Leslie Stephen As in Ethology and other deductive sciences, so in Statistics and History there are empirical laws. Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic\|William Stebbing British Dictionary definitions for ethology ethology / (ɪˈθɒlədʒɪ) / noun the study of the behaviour of animals in their normal environment Derived forms of ethology ethological (ˌɛθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjectiveethologically, adverbethologist, noun Word Origin for ethology C17 (in the obsolete sense: mimicry): via Latin from Greek ēthologia, from ēthos character; current sense, C19 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for ethology ethology [ ĭ-thŏl′ə-jē, ē-thŏl′- ] The scientific study of animal behavior, especially as it occurs in a natural environment. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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