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ETHOLOGICAL

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e⋅thol⋅o⋅gy

  [ee-thol-uh-jee, i-thol-]
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–noun
the study of animal behavior with emphasis on the behavioral patterns that occur in natural environments.
Origin:
1895–1900; earlier, as the study of relations between an organism and its environment < F éthologie, coined by French zoologist I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805–61); see ethos, -logy

Related forms:
e⋅tho⋅log⋅i⋅cal  [ee-thuh-loj-i-kuhl, eth-uh-] , adjective
e⋅tho⋅log⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
e⋅thol⋅o⋅gist, noun
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e·thol·o·gy   (ĭ-thŏl'ə-jē, ē-thŏl'-)   
n.  

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

  2. The study of human ethos and its formation.


[French éthologie, from Latin ēthologia, art of depicting character, from Greek ēthologiā : ēthos, character; see ethos + logos, speech, expression; see -logy.]
eth'o·log'i·cal (ěth'ə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl) adj., e·thol'o·gist n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ethol·o·gy
Pronunciation: E-'thäl-&-jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
: the scientificand objective study of animal behavior —compare ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY —etho·log·i·cal /"E-th&-'läj-i-k&l, "eth-&-/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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