Phenology

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

  Phenology \Phe*nol"o*gy\, n. [Contracted from {Phenomenology}.]
     (Biol.)
     The science of the relations between climate and periodic
     biological phenomena, as the migrations and breeding of
     birds, the flowering and fruiting of plants, etc. --
     {Phe`no*log"ic*al}, a. -- {Phe`no*log"ic*al*ly}, adv. --


     {Phe*nol"o*gist}, n.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Phenolphthalein