branch of zoology dealing with the scientific study of insects.
The Greek word entomon, meaning `notched,` refers to the
segmented body plan of the ... [8 related articles] Found op
http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/34 entomology 1. The branch
of zoology that deals with the study of insects. 2. From French
entomologie (1764), coined from Greek entomon, 'insect' plus
logia, 'study of'. Entomon is the neuter form of entomos,
'having a notch or cut (at the waist)'; so called by Aristotle
in reference to the segmente... Found op
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Entomology (from Greek ἔντομος, entomos, "that which is cut in
pieces or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and -λογία,
-logia) is the scientific study of insects, a branch of
arthropodology. At some 1.3 million described species, insects
account for more than two-thirds of all known... Found op
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomology entomology, study of
insects, an arthropod class that comprises about 900,000 known
species, rep