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NATURAL HISTORY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("natural history" is a kind of...):
science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)