hexiology
nounEtymology From Ancient Greek ἕξις (héxis, “state or habit”) + -ology. Coined in 1894 by an English naturalist, St. George Jackson Mivart.
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Obsolete The science dealing with the relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally.
- Dr. Mivart treats elaborately upon the anatomy, physiology, psychology, taxonomy, and hexicology of the cat […]1881, Harper's Magazine:
- Synonyms
- ecology