Definition of Myrmecology

1. Noun. (zoology) The study of ants. ¹

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Definition of Myrmecology

1. [n -GIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Myrmecology

myristoyls
myristyl
myristylate
myristylated
myristylates
myristylating
myristylbenzylmorphine
myrmeco-
myrmecochory
myrmecodomatia
myrmecodomatium
myrmecological
myrmecologies
myrmecologist
myrmecologists
myrmecology (current term)
myrmecophage
myrmecophages
myrmecophagous
myrmecophagy
myrmecophile
myrmecophiles
myrmecophilous
myrmecophyte
myrmecophytes
myrmecophytic
myrmicine
myrmidones
myrmidonian
myrmidons

Literary usage of Myrmecology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"The ant is presented to us as the hub of the universe, and if there is any biological subject which may not be suggested by the study of myrmecology, ..."

2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"It must be admitted that this hypothesis is boldly and clearly conceived and its author's knowledge of myrmecology and ..."

3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1902)
"Not being a specialist in myrmecology, I am not able to give the scientific name of the ants which I saw, nor to appreciate the degree of importance which ..."

4. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"The following remarks may be of some help to beginners in myrmecology in naming the ? s of this genus. 1. ..."

5. Tenants of an Old Farm: Leaves from the Note-book of a Naturalist by Henry Christopher McCook (1902)
"Knights of myrmecology Storming the Ant-Hill . 255 87. View of Trench Exposing the Interior of Cutting-Ant Hill 256 88. Cave of the Cutting-Ant, ..."

6. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1911)
"This is followed by chapters on external and internal structure, development, polymorphism, history of myrmecology and classification of ants, distribution, ..."

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