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thremmatology

[threm-uh-tol-uh-jee]

noun Biology.

the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.

Origin:
1885–90; < Greek thremmato- (combining form of thrémma nursling) + -logy

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based on arbitrary, superficial characteristics rather than natural, organic relationships

a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor

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thremmatology (ˌθrɛməˈtɒlədʒɪ)

—n
	the science of breeding domesticated animals and plants

[C19: from Greek thremma nursling + -logy]

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