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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•thol•o•gy (ē thol′ə jē, i thol′-),USA pronunciation n. - Animal Behaviorthe study of animal behavior with emphasis on the behavioral patterns that occur in natural environments.
- French éthologie, coined by French zoologist I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805–61); see ethos, -logy
- 1895–1900; earlier, as the study of relations between an organism and its environment
e•tho•log•i•cal (ē′thə loj′i kəl, eth′ə-),USA pronunciation adj. e′tho•log′i•cal•ly, adv. e•thol′o•gist, n. |