coralology en · NOUN
Etymology
From coral + -ology.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) The study of coral.
Here was another first for the annals of coralology. All we could do at this stage was to wonder why it ever formed.
1987, Horace E. Dobbs, Classic Dives of the World, page 110:As used in coralology, this means that in certain brain corals, adjacent valleys have separate walls.
1996, Charles Jerry Flora, The S.H.R.I.M.P.er's Maui: A Guide to Coral Reef Biology, page 74: