cetology
noun
the branch of zoology dealing with whales and dolphins.
cetologist
-
a word derived from
cetology.
Example Sentences
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Stanford University cetologist Stephen Palumbi says their addition to the scientific catch will confound attempts to monitor poaching through the dna testing of meat, a method that has proved remarkably effective in recent years.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I could give you an unlimited number of scenarios," says veteran Smithsonian cetologist James Mead, "and because we know so little about whale biology, any of them is possible."
From Time Magazine Archive
