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ethoscope

ethoscope noun: a device allowing the study of the behaviour of an organism (typically fruit flies).

Noun

ethoscope (plural ethoscopes)

  1. A device allowing the study of the behaviour of an organism (typically fruit flies)

Forms of ethoscope

pluralethoscopes

Origin of ethoscope

From etho- + -scope.

Questions about ethoscope

What does ethoscope mean?
Ethoscope means a device allowing the study of the behaviour of an organism (typically fruit flies).
What part of speech is ethoscope?
Ethoscope is a noun.
What is the plural of ethoscope?
The plural of ethoscope is ethoscopes.

Words near ethoscope in the dictionary

  1. ethopoiiae
  2. ethopoiiai
  3. ethoprop
  4. ethopropazine
  5. ethos
  6. ethoscope
  7. ethoscopes
  8. ethosed
  9. ethoses
  10. ethosome
  11. ethosomes

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