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entomology | hobby |

As a noun entomology

is the scientific study of insects.

As a proper noun hobby is

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entomology

English

Noun

(wikipedia entomology) (-) (most common term)
  • The scientific study of insects.
    • Entomology is an important field of study within biology.

    Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with etymology.

    Synonyms

    * (much less common term) insectology

    Derived terms

    * entomologic * entomological * entomologically * entomologist

    Related terms

    * entomo- * entomofauna * entomofaunal * entomophagous * entomophagy * entomophilous * entomophily

    See also

    * acarology (study of mites and ticks) * apiology (study of bees) * arachnology (study of arachnids) * arthropodology (study of arthropods) * coleopterology (study of beetles) * dipterology (study of flies) * hemipterology (study of true bugs) * lepidopterology (study of moths and butterflies) * melittology (study of bees) * myrmecology (study of ants) * orthopterology (study of grasshoppers, crickets, etc.) * trichopterology (study of caddis flies) * zoology (study of animals) English words suffixed with -ology

    hobby

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortened from (hobby-horse), from (etyl) hoby, hobyn, . The meaning of hobby-horse shifted from "small horse, pony" to "child's toy riding horse" to "favorite pastime or avocation" with the connecting notion being "activity that doesn't go anywhere". Possibly originally from a proper name for a horse, a diminutive of (Robert) or (Robin) (compare (dobbin)).

    Noun

    (wikipedia hobby) (hobbies)
  • An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
    • I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby .
  • (horses) An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the
    • Synonyms
    * (activity done for enjoyment in spare time ): avocation, pastime
    Derived terms
    * hobbyist
    Related terms
    * hobbyhorse * hobelar/hobeler

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hobet, from , diminutive of (hobe).

    Noun

    (hobbies)
  • Any of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco'', especially ''Falco subbuteo .
  • * 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 323:
    • He hawked – from nearby Esher, Richard Fox sent a servant with a hobby , which Henry received enthusiastically – and hunted, sending a present of freshly slaughtered deer to Princess Mary.
    Derived terms
    * (African hobby), Falco cuvierii * (Australian hobby), Falco longipennis * (Eurasian hobby), Falco subbuteo * (Oriental hobby), Falco severus