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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Entomologies

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[Gr.

ἔντομον

insect (so called because nearly cut in two, fr.

ἔντομοσ

cut in;

ἐν

in +

τέμνειν

to cut) +

-logy

: cf. F.

entomologie

. See

, and

, and cf.

That part of zoölogy which treats of insects.

A treatise on the science of entomology.

Noun.

[Gr. insect, to cut, discourse.]

That part of zoology which treats of insects; the science or history and description of insects.