oology
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- oological adjective
- oologist noun
Etymology
Origin of oology
Example Sentences
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Since bird-nesting has become scientific, and dignified itself as oology, that, no doubt, is partly to blame for some of our losses.
From My Garden Acquaintance by Lowell, James Russell
O�l′ogist, one versed in oology; O�m′eter, an apparatus for measuring eggs.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Yet, be assured, reader, that all the 'ologies' hitherto christened oology, ichthyology, ornithology, conchology, palaeodontology, &c., do not furnish such mines of labor as does the Greek language when thoroughly searched.
From Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by De Quincey, Thomas
The evidence furnished by oology and the newly-hatched young seems to favour Brandt’s views.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
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