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What does myrmecology mean?

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Noun
  1. (zoology) The study of ants.
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This is just one instance in which myrmecology influenced broader currents of thought.
Edward Osborne Wilson is a globally renowned American biologist, naturalist and author, and is considered the world's leading expert in myrmecology, the study of ants.
These are observations and anecdotes not about the ants, but about the scientists who study them, about the personal experience of myrmecology.
The key is technical, loaded with terms seldom used outside of myrmecology, so the illustrations and glossary are particularly helpful.
His open, supportive nature drew young people in, and he played a major role in starting the current boom times in which hundreds are engaged in myrmecology around the world.
Voucher specimens were deposited in the collection of the Laboratory of Myrmecology, Cocoa Research Center, CEPLAC, Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil.

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