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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Entomology \En'to*mol"o*gy\, noun; pl. {Entomologies}. [Gr. 'e'ntomon insect (so called because nearly cut in two, fr. 'e'ntomos cut in; 'en in + te'mnein to cut) + -logy: cf. F. entomologie. See {In}, and {Tome}, and cf. {Insect}.]
1. That part of zo["o]logy which treats of insects.
2. A treatise on the science of entomology. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
entomology
noun: the branch of zoology that studies insects [syn: {bugology}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "entomology": anatomy, animal physiology, anthropology, biology, comparative anatomy, conchology, ecology, ethology, helminthology, herpetology, ichthyology, malacology, mammalogy, ornithology, protozoology, taxidermy, taxonomy, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology, zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomy
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