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ethologist - 4 dictionary results

e⋅thol⋅o⋅gy

[ee-thol-uh-jee, i-thol-]
–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


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
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.

Ethologist

E*thol"o*gist\n. One who studies or writes upon ethology.

Main Entry: ethol·o·gist
Pronunciation: E-'thäl-&-j&st
Function: noun
: a specialist in ethology
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