bionomics
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bionomics
1885–90; bio- + -nomics, probably on the model of economics; see -nomy, -ics
Example Sentences
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This has been lately furnished by Professor Patrick Geddes, who has chosen the term bionomics.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various
Much as has been learnt of the bionomics of the sea, it is but a commencement; and this is of course especially true of deep seas.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
Because the processes of the human mind are human, with organic limitations,149 the study of the mind itself becomes a part of the science of bionomics.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various
Although he deals mainly with Indian forms the book contains an unusually full account of the life-history and bionomics of freshwater Sponges, Polyzoa, and Hydrozoa.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
The bionomics, allies, parasites, and the relations to human disease.
From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur
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