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Definition: Ethology |
EthologyNoun1. The branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Ethology \E*thol"o*gy\, noun. [Greek expression depicting of character; custom, moral nature to speak.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The discipline pertaining to the study of animal behavior. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Duty | Ethics, ethology.; deontology, aretology; moral philosophy, ethical philosophy; casuistry, polity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
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| "Ethology" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.00% of the time. "Ethology" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Noun (proper) | 2% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 50 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ethology | 42 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ethology"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | etologi (behavioural science), adfærdsvidenskab (behavioural science), adfærdsbiologi (behavioural science). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ethologie (behavioural science), gedragswetenschap (behavioural science). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | etologia (behavioural science), eläinpsykologia (behavioural science), käyttäytymistiede (behavioural science). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | science du comportement, éthologie (etiology). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verhaltensforschung (behaviorism, behavioural research, behavioural science, behaviourism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ηθολογία (behavioural science, ethics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | etologia (behavioural science). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 動物行動学 , エスキモー犬 (aesthetic, escape, escort, escort girl, Eskimo dog, ESPer, Esperanto, esprit, esprit nouveau, esquire, establishment, estate, ester, esterase, esthetic, esthetic salon, estheticien, Estonia, estrogen, estrone, es-zet, eternal, eternity, ethnic, ethnic fashion, ethnic food, ethnic group, ethnic look, ethnicism, ethnicity, ethno, ethnology, expresso, hope, one who has ESP, S size, sauce Espagnole, science of animal behaviour, Short Take-Off and Landing, small size, STOL). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | どうぶつ"うどうがく, エソロジー (science of animal behaviour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ethologyay etologia (behavioural science). (various references) etología (behavioural science), bionómica (behavioural science, bionomics). (various references) etologi (behavioural science). (various references) etoloji, hayvan davranışları bilimi. (various references) phong tục học. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ethology" (pronounced ethÄ"lujē) |
| 6 | -th Ä" l u j ē | anthology, mythology, ornithology, pathology. |
| 5 | -Ä" l u j ē | anesthesiology, anthropology, apology, archaeology, archeology, astrology, bacteriology, biology, biotechnology, cardiology, chronology, cosmetology, criminology, cytology, dendrochronology, dermatology, doxology, ecology, embryology, endocrinology, entomology, epidemiology, epistemology, ethnology, etiology, etymology, genealogy, geology, geomorphology, gerontology, graphology, gynecology, histology, Hymnology, ideology, immunology, kinesiology, limnology, meteorology, methodology, microbiology, micropaleontology, mineralogy, morphology, mycology, neurology, numerology, oncology, ontology, ophthalmology, otology, paleontology, penology, petrology, pharmacology, physiology, Pomology, psychology, radiology, rheumatology, seismology, serology, sociology, terminology, theology, toxicology, urology, virology, zoology. |
| 4 | -l u j ē | analogy, cosmology, elegy, eulogy, trilogy. |
| 3 | -u j ē | prodigy, strategy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: theology. | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-l-o-o-t-y" | |
-1 letter: theolog. | |
-3 letters: ethyl, gooey, helot, holey, hooey, hooly, hooty, hotel, hotly, hoyle, looey, ology, thole. | |
-4 letters: gelt, gley, helo, hole, holt, holy, hoot, hyte, loge, logo, logy, loot, loth, ogle, oleo, they, tole, tool, toyo, yogh. | |
-5 letters: ego, eth, gel, get, gey, goo, got, goy, het, hey, hoe, hog, hot, hoy, leg, let, ley. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-l-o-o-t-y" | |
+1 letter: ethnology. | |
+2 letters: hematology, mythologer, technology. | |
+3 letters: eschatology, herpetology, methodology, mythologers, mythologies, mythologize. | |
+4 letters: epiphytology, mythologized, mythologizer, mythologizes, photogeology, rheumatology. | |
+5 letters: biotechnology, demythologize, helminthology, ichthyologies, mythologizers, remythologize, theologically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 74 68 6F 6C 6F 67 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). - .... --- .-.. --- --. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110100 01101000 01101111 01101100 01101111 01100111 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E t h o l o g y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0074 0068 006F 006C 006F 0067 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3986748178817391 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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