ethnobiology

[ eth-noh-bahy-ol-uh-jee ]

noun

, Anthropology.

1. the scientific study of the way plants and animals are treated or used by different human cultures.
2. (no longer in technical use) the doctrine that cultural behavior is determined biologically.

ethnobiology

/ ˌɛθnəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the branch of biology involving the study of the uses of plants and animals in various human societies

Other Words From

• eth·no·bi·o·log·i·cal [eth-noh-bahy-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
• ethno·bi·olo·gist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ethnobiology¹

ethno- + biology