En'to-mōl'o-gy, n.

n. [Fr. entomologie, from Gr. ἔντομον (sc. ζῶον, animal), insect, from its being nearly cut in two, from ἔντομος, cut in, from ἐντέμνειν, to cut in, from ἐν, in, and τέμνειν, to cut, and λόγος, discourse, λέγειν, to speak.] That part of zoology which treats of insects; the science or natural history and description of insects.