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A glossary of entomology

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The broad general purpose of a vocabulary or dictionary of technical terms is solely to reflect usage. mation to those seeking to know a terminology. cographer to read meanings into terms nor to redefine them according to preconceived ideas that may have found lodgment in his mind. deed, must take the language or the terminology as he finds it; and must refer back to the originator of the term or to the consensus of usage for meanings. Nor is it the function of a word book to set standards; these must be the fruit of cooperative and self-denying effort on the part of many specialists in the science of entomology. All terms, so far as prac- ticable or known, must be included, and defined as used by those expert in the matter or who specialize in any given branch. Hence, it is neces- sary to include also the special terms and technicisms applicable to re- rtrinted ronns not alone the more general terms which mav almost be deemed to be elementary and known to all. In the modern extensions of entomology, which touch so many branches of science, almost any student is likely to meet with special terms outside of his own particular field. Thus, Snodgrass originates or redefines many terms; we must interpret these according to his intent. The entomologist of the early days was the closet naturalist par EIcellence. He was a distinguisher and namer of things not heretofore diseriminated. In consequence, an undue value was set on the bare description of species and of the higher categories. The natural result flowed from this: a new technical vocabulary came into being; and since so much of the work done was independent and so much on very limited groups, practically each investigator invented new terms for his group, or improved on those of his predecessors, or by misinterpretation mis- named structures already recognized and named. But this condition naturally made any explanation of terms refer practically to nothing other than those structures employed in entomography or deseriptive entomology. early Its basic principle is to furnish infor- It is not for the lexi-

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595.7 TOR g

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New York : New york etomological socety., 1985

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36p.: ill.; pic,- 21 cm.

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English

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0-934454-44-2

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595.7

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Entomology

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