natural history

natural history noun: the study of all living things, especially their origins, evolution and interrelationships.

Noun

natural history (countable and uncountable, plural natural histories)

The study of all living things, especially their origins, evolution and interrelationships.
The study of all natural phenomena: botany, zoology, mineralogy, etc.
A treatise or similar work that summarizes the known facts of either of the above.
The progression of a medical condition in an individual.

study of the origins and evolution of all living things: प्राकृतिक इतिहास prākŕtik itihās

study of the origins and evolution of all living things: இயற்கை வரலாறு iyaṟkai varalāṟu

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study of the origins and evolution of all living things: ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ ಇತಿಹಾಸ naisargika itihāsa

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plural	natural histories

What does natural history mean?: Natural history means the study of all living things, especially their origins, evolution and interrelationships.
What is natural history in Hindi?: Natural history in Hindi is प्राकृतिक इतिहास (prākŕtik itihās). See Natural history meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is natural history?: Natural history is a noun.
What is the plural of natural history?: The plural of natural history is natural histories.

Adapted from Wiktionary: natural history (page history and authors); natural history (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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