myrmecologyn.
/ˌməːmᵻˈkɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌmərməˈkɑlədʒi/ Zoology.
The scientific study of ants; the branch of entomology that deals with ants.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Myrmecology.
1910 Science 3 June 861/2 If there is any biological subject which may not be suggested by the study of myrmecology, it is probably of small consequence.
1953 Q. Rev. Biol. 28 139/1 Each of the most prolific workers in myrmecology..had his own ideas of approximately where monomorphism stopped and polymorphism started.
1994 New Scientist 1 Oct. 43/1 Hoelldobler..and Wilson dominated their field and coauthored dozens of papers on every aspect of myrmecology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1890- scleritic
- scleritis
- scleritises
- sclero
- sclero-
- sclero-corneal
- sclero-iritis
- sclero-skeleton
- sclerobase
- sclerobasic
- scleroblast
- scleroblastema
- scleroblastic
- sclerobrachiate
- sclerocele
- scleroclase
- sclerocorneal
- sclerodactyle
- sclerodactyly
- scleroderm
- scleroderma
- sclerodermas
- sclerodermata
- sclerodermatous
- sclerodermia