a. [f. ENTOMOLOG-Y + -IC + -AL.] Of, or pertaining to, entomology or insects.
1816. Kirby & Sp., Entomol. (1843), I. 202. The utility of Entomological knowledge.
1826. Syd. Smith, Wks. (1859), II. 81. All nature is alive, and seems to be gathering all her entomological hosts to eat you up.
1846. M’Culloch, Acc. Brit. Empire (1854), I. 117. Three years of entomological research in Brazil.
1870. Yeats, Nat. Hist. Comm., 222. Sandal-wood is much used for entomological cabinets.
