'Ethology' definitions:
Definition of 'ethology'
(from WordNet)
noun
The branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats
Definition of 'Ethology'
From: GCIDE
- Ethology \E*thol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? a depicting of character; ? custom, moral nature + ? to speak.]
- 1. A treatise on morality; ethics. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The science of the formation of character, national and collective as well as individual. --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]