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coralology

coralology noun: the study of coral.

Noun

coralology (uncountable)

  1. (rare) 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

Origin of coralology

From coral + -ology.

Questions about coralology

What does coralology mean?
Coralology means the study of coral.
What part of speech is coralology?
Coralology is a noun.

Words near coralology in the dictionary

  1. corallovexiid
  2. corallovexiids
  3. corallum
  4. corallums
  5. corally
  6. coralology
  7. coralomorph
  8. coralporosis
  9. coralroot
  10. coralroots
  11. corals

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