Ethology

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ethology \E*thol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? a depicting of character; ?
     custom, moral nature + ? to speak.]
     1. A treatise on morality; ethics.
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     2. The science of the formation of character, national and


        collective as well as individual. --J. S. Mill.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ethology
       n : the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals
           in their natural habitats