Recent Examples on the WebHow to identify a black widow According to a guide from Purdue University's entomology department, a female black widow is black and about the size of a penny with its legs extended.—Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Sep. 2024 When do fruit flies go away in Ohio? Ohioans can expect fruit flies to be around until late September or early October, according to Ellen Klinger, associate professor of professional practice for Ohio State University's department of entomology.—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2024 To test the spiders’ heart rates, Davis and study coauthor Christina Vu, who was a University of Georgia undergraduate student of entomology at the time, wrangled 79 spiders from two different genera.—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024 Kwak thinks parasitology could take inspiration from disciplines like entomology, which have amateur societies that naturally recruit people to careers studying insects.—Hannah Richter, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for entomology
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Word History
Etymology
French entomologie, from Greek entomon insect (from neuter of entomos cut up, from en- + temnein to cut) + French -logie -logy — more at tome
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