Associations to the word «Ethology»

Wiktionary

ETHOLOGY, noun. (zoology) The scientific study of human and animal behaviour.
ETHOLOGY, noun. (obsolete) The study of the human ethos.

Dictionary definition

ETHOLOGY, noun. The branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne