ethology
the study of animal behavior with emphasis on the behavioral patterns that occur in natural environments.
Origin of ethology
1Other words from ethology
- e·tho·log·i·cal [ee-thuh-loj-i-kuhl, eth-uh-], /ˌi θəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl, ˌɛθ ə-/, adjective
- e·tho·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
- e·thol·o·gist, noun
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How to use ethology in a sentence
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.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie StephenAs in ethology and other deductive sciences, so in Statistics and History there are empirical laws.
Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic | William StebbingIt must itself depend on laws of mind and character (psychology and ethology).
The Idea of Progress | J. B. BuryEtholog′ic, -al, relating to ethology: treating of morality.
British Dictionary definitions for ethology
/ (ɪˈθɒlədʒɪ) /
the study of the behaviour of animals in their normal environment
Origin of ethology
1Derived forms of ethology
- ethological (ˌɛθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjective
- ethologically, adverb
- ethologist, noun
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Scientific definitions for 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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