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cryology

American  
[krahy-ol-uh-jee] / kraɪˈɒl ə dʒi /

noun

  1. the study of snow and ice.

Etymology

Origin of cryology

First recorded in 1945–50; cryo- + -logy

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The fossils were discovered in 2010 by Sofia Sinitsa, a geologist at the Institute of Natural Resources, Ecology and Cryology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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