entomology
noun
the branch of zoology dealing with insects.
entomologically
-
a word derived from
entomology.
Example Sentences
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“This is such a new thing entomologically that we’re all speaking above our pay grade,” said Joseph M. Conlon, a technical adviser to the American Mosquito Control Association.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2016
This is not to suggest we are regressing, entomologically speaking, to the buggy Victorian era.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2011
This odd story is entomologically incorrect, no doubt, because it also deals with good bugs, bad bugs and a villainous spider queen who must be killed by the heroes--mysterious green leaf men.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, entomologically, South Africa upon the whole is poor.
From Tales of South Africa by H.A. Bryden
It would take more space than I have at disposal to tell precisely what a bug really is entomologically, such a diversity of forms is presented in the family.
From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Gibson
