entomology
Museum stores its entomology collections in special specimen drawers.
Meaning
Noun
- The scientific study of insects, and of other arthropods (and occasionally other invertebrates).
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Origin
- From French entomologie, from Ancient Greek ἔντομον ("insect") + -logie (from Ancient Greek -λογία ("-logy")).
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