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ethology
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e·thol·o·gy  (-thl-j, -thl-)
n.
1. The scientific study of animal behavior, especially as it occurs in a natural environment.
2. The study of human ethos and its formation.
[French éthologie, from Latin thologia, art of depicting character, from Greek thologi : thos, character; see ethos + logos, speech, expression; see -logy.]
etho·logi·cal (th-lj-kl) adj.
e·tholo·gist n.
ethology  (-thl-j, -thl-)
The scientific study of animal behavior, especially as it occurs in a natural environment.
ethology
the science proposed by John Stuart MUI for the study of the character formation in humans. — ethologic, ethological, adj.
See also: Mankind
the study of animal behavior in relation to habitat. — ethologist, n. — ethological, adj.
See also: Animals
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Noun1.ethology - the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats
zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals


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