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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread lepidopterology vs lepidoptery #183487 03/11/2009 3:58 PM Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 1 California JohnW stranger JohnW stranger Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 1 California Dictionaries seem to treat lepidopterology and lepidoptery as synonymous. Is there a distinction in meaning? (For example, lepidoptery for the practice of hunting butterflies and lepidopterology for the study?) or are they just two words for the same thing. If the latter, why give the longer one for the word of the day rather than the shorter? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lepidopterology vs lepidoptery JohnW #183493 03/11/2009 5:38 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass interesting.. it looks to me like lepidoptery is a newer and less formal term. perhaps one formulated by the hobbyists? OED2 merely notes that lepidoptery = lepidopterology as to why Anu gave the longer one, well, lepidoptery doesn't have fifteen letters, does it!? -ron o. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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