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单词 ethology
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
e•thol•o•gy  (ē tholə jē, i thol-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. 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 loji kəl, eth′ə-),USA pronunciation adj.  e′tho•logi•cal•ly, adv. 
e•tholo•gist, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ethology /ɪˈθɒlədʒɪ/ n
  1. the study of the behaviour of animals in their normal environment
Etymology: 17th Century (in the obsolete sense: mimicry): via Latin from Greek ēthologia, from ēthos character; current sense, C19

ethological /ˌɛθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/ adj ˌethoˈlogically adv eˈthologist n
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