BUGOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bugology mean? 

• BUGOLOGY (noun)
  The noun BUGOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of zoology that studies insects

  Familiarity information: BUGOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUGOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of zoology that studies insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

bugology; entomology

Hypernyms ("bugology" is a kind of...):

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Domain member category:

caste (in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bugology"):

lepidopterology; lepidoptery (the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera)