Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Entomology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Entomology \En`to*mol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Entomologies}. [Gr.
'e`ntomon insect (so called because nearly cut in two, fr.
'e`ntomos cut in; 'en in + te`mnein to cut) + -logy: cf. F.
entomologie. See {In}, and {Tome}, and cf. {Insect}.]
1. That part of zo["o]logy which treats of insects.
2. A treatise on the science of entomology.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
entomology
n : the branch of zoology that studies insects
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