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ethnobiologist

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eth⋅no⋅bi⋅ol⋅o⋅gy

[eth-noh-bahy-ol-uh-jee]
–noun Anthropology.
1. the scientific study of the way plants and animals are treated or used by different human cultures.
2. the doctrine that cultural behavior is determined biologically, as by race: no longer in technical use.

Origin:
ethno- + biology


eth⋅no⋅bi⋅o⋅log⋅i⋅cal [eth-noh-bahy-uh-loj-i-kuhl] , adjective
eth⋅no⋅bi⋅ol⋅o⋅gist, noun
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