Both Uses of
entomology
in
Middlemarch
- See," continued the Vicar, opening several small drawers, "I fancy I have made an exhaustive study of the entomology of this district.†
Chpt 2 *
- "You don't know what it is to want spiritual tobacco—bad emendations of old texts, or small items about a variety of Aphis Brassicae, with the well-known signature of Philomicron, for the 'Twaddler's Magazine;' or a learned treatise on the entomology of the Pentateuch, including all the insects not mentioned, but probably met with by the Israelites in their passage through the desert; with a monograph on the Ant, as treated by Solomon, showing the harmony of the Book of Proverbs with…†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(entomology) the branch of zoology that studies insects