insectologyn.

/ɪnsɛkˈtɒlədʒi/

Etymology: < French insectologie (Bonnet, 1744), < Latin insectum insect n. + -ology comb. form.

A term formerly used in same sense as entomology n., the science of insects as a branch of Zoology; now usually applied to the study of insects in their economic relations to man, as producers of silk, honey, cochineal, etc., and as agricultural pests or benefactors.

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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > insects

entomology1766

insectology1766

bugology1843

bug hunting1855

1766 tr. C. Bonnet Contempl. Nature I. ix. ix. 240 I have given the name insectology to that part of natural history which has insects for its object: that of entomology..would undoubtedly have been more suitable..but its barbarous sound terrify'd me.

1788–9 G. S. Howard New Royal Encycl. 1228 Insectology, other~wise called Entomology, or a treatise on the science of insects.

1876 Times 4 Oct. At the time of its first Exhibition (1865) a division was made for general insectology and one for sericiculture, and the title was assumed of ‘Société Centrale d'Agriculture et d'Insectologie’.

1881 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 143 At the last exhibition of agriculture and insectology in Paris.

1891 East. Daily Press 26 Aug. 6/4 Central Society of Apiculture and Insectology.

Derivatives

insecˈtologer n.

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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > insects > one who

insectologer1713

entomologist1772

insectologist1815

bugologist1848

bug hunter1856

bug chaser1889

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. viii. vi. 427 The Insect itself, is (according to the modern Insectologers) of the Ichneumon-Fly Kind.

insecˈtologist n. a student of insectology.

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