malacology

malacology
malacological /mal'euh keuh loj"i keuhl/, adj.malacologist, n.
/mal'euh kol"euh jee/, n.
the science dealing with the study of mollusks.
[1830-40; < F malacologie, syncopated var. of MALACOZOOLOGIE. See MALACO-, ZOOLOGY]

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  • malacology — noun Etymology: French malacologie, contraction of malacozoologie, from New Latin Malacozoa, zoological group including soft bodied animals (from Greek malakos soft + New Latin zoa) + French logie logy Date: 1836 a branch of zoology dealing with… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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