ENTOMOLOGIZE
En`to*mol"o*gize, v. i.
Defn: To collect specimens in the study of entomology. C. Kingsley.
ENTOMOLOGY En`to*mol"o*gy, n.; pl. Entomologies. Etym: [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 zoölogy which treats of insects.
2. A treatise on the science of entomology.
ENTOMOPHAGA En`to*moph"a*ga, n.; pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ntomon an insect + fagei^n to eat.] (Zoöl.)
1. One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvæ feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon,
2.
2. A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum.
3. A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters.