ETHNOBIOLOGY


Meaning of ETHNOBIOLOGY in English

— ethnobiological /eth'noh buy'euh loj"i keuhl/ , adj. — ethnobiologist , n.

/eth'noh buy ol"euh jee/ , n. Anthropol.

1. the scientific study of the way plants and animals are treated or used by different human cultures.

2. the doctrine that cultural behavior is determined biologically, as by race: no longer in technical use.

[ ETHNO- + BIOLOGY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .