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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024entomo-, - a combining form meaning "insect,'' used in the formation of compound words:entomology.
- see -tomy combining form of Greek éntomos notched, éntoma (noun, nominal use of neuter plural) insects, verbid of entémnein to cut in or up, equivalent. to en- en-2 + tómos cut
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: entomo- combining form - indicating an insect: entomology
Etymology: from Greek entomon insect (literally: creature cut into sections), from en- in + -tomon, from temnein to cut |