Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the science of entomology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or relating to entomology.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the biological science of entomology
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Examples
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is it the case, based on all of your training and experience, that it's your opinion that, based upon your entomologic findings, that time of death could have between the 16th and the 18th of February?
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He had a fine mineralogical cabinet; and there was scarcely a ledge of rocks within a circuit of twelve miles that had not resounded to the tap of his stone hammer and furnished specimens for his collection; and he had an entomologic collection, where luckless bugs impaled on steel pins stuck in thin sheets of cork struggled away a melancholy existence, martyrs to the taste for science.
Oldtown Folks 1869
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The boxes designed for the reception of entomologic specimens should be of light wood, and, at least, two inches and a half deep; the bottom should be lined with cork or some other very soft vegetable substance and the pins should be pressed in as much as possible.
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Killeen GF, McKenzie FE, Foy BD, Schieffelin C, Billingsley PF, et al. (2000) A simplified model for predicting malaria entomologic inoculation rates based on entomologic and parasitologic parameters relevant to control.
PLoS Medicine: New Articles Simon I. Hay et al. 2010
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All entomologic field personnel were blinded to the PCR result of the index case.
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"short" rains in November, and in 1997 / 1998 the predicted entomologic innoculation rate (EIR) was 10 infective bites / person / year.
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"short" rains in November, and in 1997 / 1998 the predicted entomologic innoculation rate (EIR) was 10 infective bites / person / year.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Fiona J. McCallum et al. 2008
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