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Anonymous Tue 27 Apr 14:35:28 2021 No.13039967 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>13040032

>be the guy assigned to name the study of ants and other bugs
>'uhhh how about Antomology lol'
Bravo

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Apr 2021 15:00:29 No.13040032 Report

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>>13039967
>Ant
Means ant
>Omology
Means the study of
>Antomology
The study of Ants

This is the logical name for it. Idiot.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Apr 2021 15:05:17 No.13040049 Report

Quoted By: >>13041479

But it's "myrmecology"

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Anonymous Tue 27 Apr 2021 15:30:21 No.13040136 Report

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>what should we call the study of all these animals?
>how about ZOOlogy
Fucking hacks

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Anonymous Tue 27 Apr 2021 20:16:38 No.13041479 Report

>>13040049
Why wasn't it formicology?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Apr 2021 20:19:42 No.13041494 Report

Quoted By: >>13041605

>>13041479
For once, people cared to use the Greek root instead of the Latin one
[spoiler:lit]I tried looking up formicology first, too[/spoiler:lit]

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Anonymous Tue 27 Apr 2021 20:31:01 No.13041541 Report

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>yo how are we gonna call the study of soil
>the one autistic 4chan poster in the back:

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Anonymous Tue 27 Apr 2021 20:42:14 No.13041605 Report

Quoted By: >>13041624

>>13041494
I think people would assume you're a very specialized organic chemist if you called yourself a formicologist.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Apr 2021 20:45:36 No.13041624 Report

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>>13041605
Formic acid is named after ants though.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Apr 2021 10:18:42 No.13044301 Report

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>>13041479
My guess is that it sounds like it is related to "mycology".

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