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ethologist

 [ee-thol-uh-jee, ih-thol-]  

e·thol·o·gy

   [ee-thol-uh-jee, ih-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 < French 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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ethology (ɪˈθɒlədʒɪ)
 
—n
the study of the behaviour of animals in their normal environment
 
[C17 (in the obsolete sense: mimicry): via Latin from Greek ēthologia, from ēthos character; current sense, C19]
 
ethological
 
—adj
 
etho'logically
 
—adv
 
e'thologist
 
—n

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