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neuroethology

neuroethology noun: the study of animal behavior and its underlying control by the nervous system.

Noun

neuroethology (countable and uncountable, plural neuroethologies)

  1. The study of animal behavior and its underlying control by the nervous system

Forms of neuroethology

pluralneuroethologies

Origin of neuroethology

From neuro- + ethology.

Words formed from neuroethology

Questions about neuroethology

What does neuroethology mean?
Neuroethology means the study of animal behavior and its underlying control by the nervous system.
What part of speech is neuroethology?
Neuroethology is a noun.
What is the plural of neuroethology?
The plural of neuroethology is neuroethologies.

Words near neuroethology in the dictionary

  1. neuroethological
  2. neuroethologically
  3. neuroethologies
  4. neuroethologist
  5. neuroethologists
  6. neuroethology
  7. neuroevidence
  8. neuroevolution
  9. neuroevolutionary
  10. neuroevolutive
  11. neuroexamination

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