Defn: That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See Ethnology.
ETHNOLOGIC; ETHNOLOGICAL
Eth`no*log"ic, Eth`no*log"ic*al, a
Defn: Of or pertaining to ethnology.
ETHNOLOGICALLY
Eth`no*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an ethnological manner; by ethnological classification; as, one belonging ethnologically to an African race.
ETHNOLOGIST
Eth*nol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One versed in ethnology; a student of ethnology.
ETHNOLOGY
Eth*nol"o*gy n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.
ETHOLOGIC; ETHOLOGICAL
Eth`o*log"ic, Eth`o*log"ic*al, a Etym: [See Ethology.]