ethnoscience
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eth·no·sci·ence

noun \ˈeth-nō-ˌsī-ən(t)s\

Definition of ETHNOSCIENCE

: the study of a culture's system of classifying knowledge (as its taxonomy of plants and animals); also : such a system in a particular culture

First Known Use of ETHNOSCIENCE

1961

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