Meanings
- uncountableThe scientific study of insects, and (informal) of other arthropods (and occasionally other invertebrates).
Entomology is an important field of study within biology.
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“This suggests that most of the foraging that the bees do occurs very close to the hive,” study co-author Margarita López-Uribe, an associate professor of entomology at PSU, told CNN on Monday.
2025 January 28, Jack Guy, “Tiny QR codes help scientists track bee movements”, in CNNSynonyms: insectology
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe scientific study of insects, and (informal) of other arthropods (and occasionally other invertebrates).
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Origin
- Ancient Greek-λογία“-logy”
- Ancient Greekἔντομον“insect”
- Frenchentomologie
- Englishentomology
From French entomologie, from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “insect”) + -logie (from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “-logy”)), equivalent to entomo- + -logy.
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Arabic عِلْم اَلْحَشَرَات
- عِلْم اَلْحَشَرَات (ʕilm al-ḥašarāt)study of insects
Bulgarian ентомоло́гия
- ентомоло́гия (entomológija)study of insects
Catalan entomologia
- entomologiastudy of insects
Chinese Cantonese 昆蟲學 /昆虫学
- 昆蟲學 /昆虫学 (kwan¹ cung⁴ hok⁶)study of insects
Chinese Mandarin 昆蟲學 /昆虫学
- 昆蟲學 /昆虫学 (kūnchóngxué)study of insects
Czech entomologie
- entomologiestudy of insects
Danish entomologi, insektlære
- entomologistudy of insects
- insektlærestudy of insects
Dutch entomologie, insectenkunde
- entomologiestudy of insects
- insectenkundestudy of insects
Esperanto entomologio, insektologio
- entomologiostudy of insects
- insektologiostudy of insects
Estonian entomoloogia, putukateadus
- entomoloogiastudy of insects
- putukateadusstudy of insects
Finnish hyönteistiede
- hyönteistiedestudy of insects
French entomologie, insectologie
- entomologiestudy of insects
- insectologiestudy of insects
German Entomologie, Insektologie
- Entomologiestudy of insects
- Insektologiestudy of insects
- Insektenkundestudy of insects
Greek εντομολογία
- εντομολογία (entomología)study of insects
Hawaiian kālaiʻelala
- kālaiʻelalastudy of insects
Hebrew אֶנְטוֹמוֹלוֹגְיָה
- אֶנְטוֹמוֹלוֹגְיָה (entomológya)study of insects
Hindi कीटविज्ञान
- कीटविज्ञान (kīṭvijñān)study of insects
Hungarian entomológia, rovartan
- entomológiastudy of insects
- rovartanstudy of insects
Icelandic skordýrafræði
- skordýrafræðistudy of insects
Indonesian entomologi
- entomologistudy of insects
Irish feithideolaíocht
- feithideolaíochtstudy of insects
Italian entomologia
- entomologiastudy of insects
Japanese 昆虫学
- 昆虫学 (konchūgaku)study of insects
Korean 곤충학
- 곤충학 (gonchunghak)study of insects
Latin entomologia
- entomologiastudy of insects
Latvian entomoloģija
- entomoloģijastudy of insects
Lithuanian entomologija
- entomologijastudy of insects
Malay entomologi, kaji serangga
- entomologistudy of insects
- kaji seranggastudy of insects
Norwegian Bokmål entomologi
- entomologistudy of insects
Persian حشرهشناسی
- حشرهشناسی (hašare-šenâsi)study of insects
Polish entomologia, owadoznawstwo
- entomologiastudy of insects
- owadoznawstwostudy of insects
Portuguese entomologia
- entomologiastudy of insects
Romanian entomologie
- entomologiestudy of insects
Russian энтомоло́гия
- энтомоло́гия (entomológija)study of insects
Slovak entomológia
- entomológiastudy of insects
Spanish entomología
- entomologíastudy of insects
Swedish entomologi
- entomologistudy of insects
Tagalog entomolohiya, dalubkulisapan
- entomolohiyastudy of insects
- dalubkulisapanstudy of insects
Tamil பூச்சியியல்
- பூச்சியியல் (pūcciyiyal)study of insects
Thai กีฏวิทยา
- กีฏวิทยา (gii-dtà-wít-tá-yaa)study of insects
Turkish entomoloji, böcekbilim
- entomolojistudy of insects
- böcekbilimstudy of insects
Ukrainian ентомоло́гія
- ентомоло́гія (entomolóhija)study of insects
Vietnamese côn trùng học
- côn trùng họcstudy of insects
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Cite this entry
entomology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entomology
“entomology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entomology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “entomology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/entomology.
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