Meanings
verbentomologize (third-person singular simple present entomologizes, present participle entomologizing, simple past and past participle entomologized)
present singular third person entomologizes · participle present entomologizing · participle past entomologized · past entomologized · alternative entomologise
- intransitiveTo collect specimens in the study of entomology.
This is our favourite spot for entomologizing, when the sun outside altogether forbids the least exertion.
1871, Charles Kingsley, “A Letter from a West Indian Cottage Ornée”, in At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies. […], volume I, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 163
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