thremmatology

[threm-uh-tol-uh-jee]

noun

Biology.

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

thremmatology

/ ˌθrɛməˈtɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the science of breeding domesticated animals and plants

Word History and Origins

Origin of thremmatology¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of thremmatology¹

C19: from Greek thremma nursling + _-logy

Example Sentences

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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