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natural history

–noun

1.	the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used esp. in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.

2.	the study of these sciences.

[Origin: 1560–70

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natural history
n.

The study and description of organisms and natural objects, especially their origins, evolution, and interrelationships.
1. A collection of facts about the development of a natural process or entity: the natural history of early hominids as revealed in the fossil record.
2. A work or treatise containing such facts.

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natural history
noun
the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals

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natural history

the study of plants and animals

Arabic:	التّاريخ الطَّبيعي
Chinese (Simplified):	博物学
Chinese (Traditional):	博物學
Czech:	přírodopis
Danish:	naturhistorie
Dutch:	biologie
Estonian:	looduslugu
Finnish:	luonnonhistoria
French:	histoire naturelle
German:	die Naturgeschichte
Greek:	φυσική ιστορία
Hungarian:	természetrajz
Icelandic:	náttúrufræði
Indonesian:	ilmu hayat
Italian:	storia naturale

Japanese:	博物学
Latvian:	dabaszinātnes
Lithuanian:	gamtos mokslai
Norwegian:	naturhistorie
Polish:	przyrodoznawstwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	história natural
Portuguese (Portugal):	história natural
Romanian:	ştiinţele naturii
Russian:	естествознание
Slovak:	prírodopis
Slovenian:	prirodopis
Spanish:	historia natural
Swedish:	naturhistoria
Turkish:	doğabilim, tabiat bilgisi

See also: naturalist, naturally, natural, natural gas, natural resources

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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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