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Definition

myrmecology

(mĭr‵mĕ-kol'ŏ-jē )

[Gr. myrmēx, stem myrmēk-, ant + -logy]

The branch of entomology dealing with ants.

myrmecological,

(mĭr‵mĕ-kŏ-loj'ĭ-kăl)

adj.myrmecologist

(mĭr‵mĕ-kol'ŏ-jist)

, n.