biospelaeologybiospeleologyn.

Brit.

/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˌspiːlɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/ˌbaɪoʊˌspiliˈɑlədʒi/

Forms: 1900s– biospelaeology, 1900s– biospeleology.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: bio- comb. form, speleology n.

Etymology: < bio- comb. form + speleology n., after French biospéléologie (A. Vire 1904, in Comptes rendus hebd. de l'Acad. des Sci. 139 992).

The study of the living organisms found in caves.

ΘΚΠ

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

biospelaeology1947

1947 New Biol. 3 103 Small bands of enthusiastic workers, like those who laid the foundations of biospelæology, can hardly be expected to produce rapid results.

1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. (title) Biospeleology: the biology of cavernicolous animals.

2001 Science 28 Sept. 2378/2 Biologists are rethinking old generalizations about underground ecology and evolution, according to reports at a recent symposium on biospeleology (that is, cave biology).

Derivatives

biospelaeoˈlogical adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [adjective] > fauna of caves

biospelaeological1953

1953 Hazelton & Glennie in C. H. D. Cullingford Brit. Caving ix. 248 British biospeleological literature is necessarily scanty.

1998 Coleopterists Bull. 52 351 We have carried out biospeleological expeditions in the Cantabrian karst region during the last 20 years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	biospelaeology
释义	biospelaeologybiospeleologyn. Brit. /ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˌspiːlɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˌspiliˈɑlədʒi/ Forms: 1900s– biospelaeology, 1900s– biospeleology. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: bio- comb. form, speleology n. Etymology: < bio- comb. form + speleology n., after French biospéléologie (A. Vire 1904, in Comptes rendus hebd. de l'Acad. des Sci. 139 992). The study of the living organisms found in caves. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > fauna of caves biospelaeology1947 1947 New Biol. 3 103 Small bands of enthusiastic workers, like those who laid the foundations of biospelæology, can hardly be expected to produce rapid results. 1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. (title) Biospeleology: the biology of cavernicolous animals. 2001 Science 28 Sept. 2378/2 Biologists are rethinking old generalizations about underground ecology and evolution, according to reports at a recent symposium on biospeleology (that is, cave biology). Derivatives biospelaeoˈlogical adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [adjective] > fauna of caves biospelaeological1953 1953 Hazelton & Glennie in C. H. D. Cullingford Brit. Caving ix. 248 British biospeleological literature is necessarily scanty. 1998 Coleopterists Bull. 52 351 We have carried out biospeleological expeditions in the Cantabrian karst region during the last 20 years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1947
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