In dog ethology the leader is called 'alpha'; after that it continues with 'beta' and 'gamma'.
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Ethology
//ɪˈθɑl.ə.d͡ʒi//
Synonyms for "ethology" (16 found)
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34 translations across 27 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- etologia noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 動物行為學 /动物行为学 noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Czech
1 entries- etologie noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Danish
1 entries- etologi noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Dutch
2 entries- ethologie noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
- gedragsbiologie noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Finnish
3 entries- eläinpsykologia noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
- etologia noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
- käyttäytymistiede noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
French
1 entries- éthologie noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Galician
1 entries- etoloxía noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
German
1 entries- Ethologie noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Greek
1 entries- ηθολογία noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Hindi
1 entries- आचारशास्त्र noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Hungarian
2 entries- etológia noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
- állatviselkedés-tan noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Icelandic
2 entries- atferlisfræði noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
- hátternisfræði noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Ido
1 entries- etologio noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Irish
1 entries- eiteolaíocht noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Italian
1 entries- etologia noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Latin
1 entries- ēthologia noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Malay
2 entries- etologi noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
- kaji tingkah laku noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Polish
1 entries- etologia noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Portuguese
1 entries- etologia noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Romanian
1 entries- etologie noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Russian
1 entries- этоло́гия noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Spanish
1 entries- etología noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Swedish
1 entries- etologi noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Turkish
1 entries- etoloji noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Ukrainian
1 entries- этоло́гія noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
Vietnamese
2 entries- phong tục học noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
- tập tính học noun (study of human and animal behaviour)
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