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ammonitology

ammonitology noun: the scientific study of ammonites.

Noun

ammonitology (uncountable)

  1. The scientific study of ammonites.
    • The elaborate resulting nomenclature (taxonomy) is admittedly cumbersome. Unfortunately this aspect of ammonitology turns many away from an exciting and fruitful field of research.1984, Edward T. Tozer, The Trias and Its Ammonoids The Evolution of a Time Scale, page 23
    • Ammonitology was a bastion of documentation during the heyday of recapitulation, and therefore became the great hunting ground for a claim about frequent paedomorphosis when fashions shifted.1988, Stephen J. Gould, “The Uses of Heterochrony”, in Michael L. McKinney, editor, Heterochrony in Evolution: A Multidisciplinary Approach, page 9

Origin of ammonitology

From ammonite + -ology.

Words formed from ammonitology

Questions about ammonitology

What does ammonitology mean?
Ammonitology means the scientific study of ammonites.
What part of speech is ammonitology?
Ammonitology is a noun.

Words near ammonitology in the dictionary

  1. ammonitinan
  2. Ammonitish
  3. ammonitological
  4. ammonitologist
  5. ammonitologists
  6. ammonitology
  7. ammonitrate
  8. ammonitrates
  9. ammonium
  10. ammonium acetate
  11. ammonium bicarbonate

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