ETHOLOGY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ethology" is a kind of...):

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Derivation:

ethologist (a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats)

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