thremmatology

American

[threm-uh-tol-uh-jee] / ˌθrɛm əˈtɒl ə dʒi /

noun

Biology.

the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.

thremmatology British

/ ˌθrɛməˈtɒlədʒɪ /

noun

the science of breeding domesticated animals and plants

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Etymology

Origin of thremmatology

1885–90; < Greek thremmato- (combining form of thrémma nursling) + -logy

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Thremmatology, threm-a-tol′ō-ji, n. the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.

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Associated words: dysgenesis, dysgenesic, hybrid, hybridization, thremmatology. breeding freely. prolific.

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