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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

xenology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /zəˈnɑləd͡ʒi/ (General-American)
  • /zəˈnɒləd͡ʒɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From xeno- + -logy. Coined prior to 1974 and later popularized by Robert Freitas.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The study of alien life.
  2. (uncountable) Homology from horizontal gene transfer.

Coordinates

anthropology

Deriveds

xenological · xenologist

Hypernyms

astrobiology

Synonyms

exobiology

wikipedia: Robert Freitas