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malacology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌmæ.ləˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌmæ.ləˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From French malacologie, contraction of malacozoologie, from the (obsolete) taxonomic name Malacozoa + French -ologie (“-ology”), Malacozoa being in turn from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”). Equivalent to malaco- + -logy.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The study of molluscs.
    • […]their chronogeny will long remain one of the most difficult problems in Malacology. 1850, William King, A Monograph of the Permian Fossils of England, published 2014, page 201:
    • But the circumstances which the Baron Cuvier† so justly adduces as tending to retard the progress of Malacology in general, seem especially to have contributed to obscure the history of Nautilus Pompilius. 1832, Richard Owen, Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus, page 2:
    • 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. 1995, Galina A. Klevezal, M.V. Mina, Recording Structures of Mammals, page 231:

Deriveds

malacological · paleomalacology · malacologist · archaeomalacology

Relateds

conchology

Synonyms

malacozoology

Translations (19)

nl malacologie (study of molluscs) · ca malacologia (study of molluscs) · ja 軟体動物学 (study of molluscs) · pl malakozoologia (study of molluscs) · pl malakologia (study of molluscs) · ko 연체동물학 (study of molluscs) · fi nilviäistutkimus (study of molluscs) · de Malakologie (study of molluscs) · vi nhuyễn thể học (study of molluscs) · fi malakologia (study of molluscs) · cmn 軟體動物學 /软体动物学 (study of molluscs) · bg наука за мекотелите (study of molluscs) · es malacología (study of molluscs) · ru малаколо́гия (study of molluscs) · hu malakológia (study of molluscs) · gl malacoloxía (study of molluscs) · fr malacologie (study of molluscs) · it malacologia (study of molluscs) · pt malacologia (study of molluscs)