ethology Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the branch of zoology that studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats

WordNet

E*thol"o*gy noun
Etymology
Gr. a depicting of character; custom, moral nature + to speak.
Definitions
  1. A treatise on morality; ethics.
  2. The science of the formation of character, national and collective as well as individual. J. S. Mill.

Webster 1913