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ethology
[ ee-thol-uh-jee, ih-thol- ]
noun
- the study of animal behavior with emphasis on the behavioral patterns that occur in natural environments.
ethology
/ ˌɛθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl; ɪˈθɒlədʒɪ /
noun
- the study of the behaviour of animals in their normal environment
ethology
/ ĭ-thŏl′ə-jē,ē-thŏl′- /
- The scientific study of animal behavior, especially as it occurs in a natural environment.
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Derived Forms
- ˌethoˈlogically, adverb
- ethological, adjective
- eˈthologist, noun
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Other Words From
- e·tho·log·i·cal [ee-th, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l, eth-, uh, -], adjective
- etho·logi·cal·ly adverb
- e·tholo·gist noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ethology1
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Example Sentences
Several reviewers missed that Morgan didn’t have any anthropological training, describing her as “a female anthropologist,” and “a scholarly woman, educated at Oxford in the fields of paleontology, ethology, and anthropology.”
I remark by anticipation that this expression implies a reference to Mill's Ethology, of which I shall have to speak.
As in Ethology and other deductive sciences, so in Statistics and History there are empirical laws.
It must itself depend on laws of mind and character (psychology and ethology).
Etholog′ic, -al, relating to ethology: treating of morality.
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