a detailed list of the known behaviors and activities of a given species
Word origin
< Gr ēthos (see ethos) + -gram
ethogram in American English
(ˈiθəˌɡræm)
noun
Ethology
a pictorial inventory of the repertoire of behavior patterns shown by the members of a species
Word origin
[1965–70; etho- (as comb. form repr. ethology) + -gram1]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: T cell, overdub, red-eye, stun gun, wraparound-gram is a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “somethingwritten,” “drawing” (epigram; diagram). On this model, -gram is used in the formation of compound words (oscillogram)
Examples of 'ethogram' in a sentence
ethogram
From it she has created an 'ethogram', or catalogue of behaviour, for horse owners.