单词 | apiology |
释义 | apiology in British English (ˌeɪpɪˈɒlədʒɪ) noun the scientific study of bees apiology in American English (ˌeipiˈɑlədʒi) noun the scientific study of bees, esp. honeybees Derived forms apiologist noun Word origin [‹ L api(s) bee + -o- + -logy]-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -logy is a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge. Other wordsthat use the affix -logy include: anthropology, genealogy, geology, methodology, thanatology |
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