Entomology isn't just the study of flies' flight!
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Entomology
//ˌɛntəˈmɒlədʒi//
Synonyms for "entomology" (28 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (14)
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1 entriesRelated terms
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
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11 entriesderived from
1 entriesholonym
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
89 translations across 71 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- entomologji noun (study of insects)
Arabic
1 entries- عِلْم اَلْحَشَرَات noun (study of insects)
Armenian
1 entries- միջատաբանություն noun (study of insects)
Asturian
1 entries- entomoloxía noun (study of insects)
Belarusian
1 entries- энтамало́гія noun (study of insects)
Breton
1 entries- amprevanoniezh noun (study of insects)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ентомоло́гия noun (study of insects)
Burmese
1 entries- ကိမိလဗေဒ noun (study of insects)
Catalan
1 entries- entomologia noun (study of insects)
Chinese
1 entries- 昆蟲學 /昆虫学 noun (study of insects)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 昆蟲學 /昆虫学 noun (study of insects)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 昆蟲學 /昆虫学 noun (study of insects)
Czech
1 entries- entomologie noun (study of insects)
Danish
2 entries- entomologi noun (study of insects)
- insektlære noun (study of insects)
Dutch
2 entries- entomologie noun (study of insects)
- insectenkunde noun (study of insects)
Esperanto
2 entries- entomologio noun (study of insects)
- insektologio noun (study of insects)
Estonian
2 entries- entomoloogia noun (study of insects)
- putukateadus noun (study of insects)
Finnish
1 entries- hyönteistiede noun (study of insects)
French
2 entries- entomologie noun (study of insects)
- insectologie noun (study of insects)
Galician
1 entries- entomoloxía noun (study of insects)
Georgian
1 entries- ენტომოლოგია noun (study of insects)
German
3 entries- Entomologie noun (study of insects)
- Insektenkunde noun (study of insects)
- Insektologie noun (study of insects)
Greek
1 entries- εντομολογία noun (study of insects)
Gujarati
1 entries- કીટવિજ્ઞાન noun (study of insects)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kālaiʻelala noun (study of insects)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֶנְטוֹמוֹלוֹגְיָה noun (study of insects)
Hindi
1 entries- कीटविज्ञान noun (study of insects)
Hungarian
2 entries- entomológia noun (study of insects)
- rovartan noun (study of insects)
Icelandic
1 entries- skordýrafræði noun (study of insects)
Ido
1 entries- entomologio noun (study of insects)
Indonesian
1 entries- entomologi noun (study of insects)
Irish
1 entries- feithideolaíocht noun (study of insects)
Italian
1 entries- entomologia noun (study of insects)
Japanese
1 entries- 昆虫学 noun (study of insects)
Kannada
2 entries- ಕೀಟಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ noun (study of insects)
- ಪೂಚಿಯರಿಮೆ noun (study of insects)
Kazakh
1 entries- энтомология noun (study of insects)
Korean
1 entries- 곤충학 noun (study of insects)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- энтомология noun (study of insects)
Lao
1 entries- ກີຕະວິທະຍາ noun (study of insects)
Latin
1 entries- entomologia noun (study of insects)
Latvian
1 entries- entomoloģija noun (study of insects)
Lithuanian
1 entries- entomologija noun (study of insects)
Macedonian
1 entries- ентомоло́гија noun (study of insects)
Malay
2 entries- entomologi noun (study of insects)
- kaji serangga noun (study of insects)
Malayalam
2 entries- കീടശാസ്ത്രം noun (study of insects)
- ഷഡ്പദശാസ്ത്രം noun (study of insects)
Maltese
1 entries- entomoloġija noun (study of insects)
Marathi
1 entries- कीटकशास्त्र noun (study of insects)
Mongolian
1 entries- шавьж судлал noun (study of insects)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- entomolojî noun (study of insects)
- kêziknasî noun (study of insects)
Northern Thai
1 entries- ᨠᩦᨭᩅᩥᨴ᩠ᨿᩣ noun (study of insects)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- entomologi noun (study of insects)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- entomologi noun (study of insects)
Persian
1 entries- حشرهشناسی noun (study of insects)
Polish
2 entries- entomologia noun (study of insects)
- owadoznawstwo noun (study of insects)
Portuguese
1 entries- entomologia noun (study of insects)
Romanian
1 entries- entomologie noun (study of insects)
Russian
1 entries- энтомоло́гия noun (study of insects)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- entomologija noun (study of insects)
- ентомологија noun (study of insects)
Slovak
1 entries- entomológia noun (study of insects)
Slovene
2 entries- entomologija noun (study of insects)
- žužkoslóvje noun (study of insects)
Spanish
1 entries- entomología noun (study of insects)
Swedish
1 entries- entomologi noun (study of insects)
Tagalog
2 entries- dalubkulisapan noun (study of insects)
- entomolohiya noun (study of insects)
Tajik
1 entries- ҳашаротшиносӣ noun (study of insects)
Tamil
1 entries- பூச்சியியல் noun (study of insects)
Thai
1 entries- กีฏวิทยา noun (study of insects)
Turkish
2 entries- böcekbilim noun (study of insects)
- entomoloji noun (study of insects)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ентомоло́гія noun (study of insects)
Uzbek
1 entries- entomologiya noun (study of insects)
Vietnamese
1 entries- côn trùng học noun (study of insects)
Volapük
2 entries- näsäkav noun (study of insects)
- sökav noun (study of insects)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Her experiences of playing with insects as a child led to an ecumenical curiosity in entomology as an adult.
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Entomology is the science that studies insects.
Source: tatoeba (10138600)
People who don't know the difference between entomology and etymology bug me in ways I can't put into words.
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