malacology

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Noun

malacology (uncountable)

1. (zoology) The study of molluscs.
   • 1850, William King, A Monograph of the Permian Fossils of England, 2014, page 201 ↗,

     […] their chronogeny will long remain one of the most difficult problems in Malacology.

   • 1995, Galina A. Klevezal, M.V. Mina, Recording Structures of Mammals, page 231 ↗,

     The first steps in the age determination of mammals by the number of annual layers were made when, in ichthyology and malacology, it has already become to routine practice to use annual layers for ageing animals and for back-calculating the growth of individuals.

Synonyms

• malacozoology

Translations

• French: malacologie
• German: Malakologie
• Italian: malacologia
• Russian: малаколо́гия
• Spanish: malacología

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