natural history
Use Natural history in a sentencenatural history
noun
1.
the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
2.
the study of these sciences.
Origin:
1560–70
1560–70
Related forms
natural historian, noun
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World English Dictionary
| natural history | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the study of animals and plants in the wild state |
| 2. | the study of all natural phenomena |
| 3. | the sum of these phenomena in a given place or at a given time: the natural history of Iran |
| natural historian | |
| —n | |
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Natural history
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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Science Dictionary
| natural history
The study and description of living things and natural objects, especially their origins, evolution, and relationships to one another. Natural history includes the sciences of zoology, mineralogy, geology, and paleontology. |
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Example sentences
These counterintuitive results, the authors say, make sense in light of badgers' natural history.
After working in advertising, he turned his skills to portraiture with an emphasis on natural history subjects.
Say you had a natural history museum specimen in your hand, and you put a little tiny food fish in its mouth.
Because it doesn't make any difference to the natural history of the place.
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