Natural history Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals
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- a description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses.
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- in its broadest sense, a history or description of nature as a whole, incuding the sciences of
botany ,zoölogy ,geology ,mineralogy ,paleontology ,chemistry , andphysics . In recent usage the term is often restricted to the sciences of botany and zoölogy collectively, and sometimes to the science of zoology alone.
