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ethnoichthyology

ethnoichthyology noun: a subdiscipline of anthropology, examining human knowledge of fish and their uses.

Noun

ethnoichthyology (uncountable)

  1. A subdiscipline of anthropology, examining human knowledge of fish and their uses.

Origin of ethnoichthyology

From ethno- + ichthyology, coined by W. T. Morrill on the model of ethnobotany.

Questions about ethnoichthyology

What does ethnoichthyology mean?
Ethnoichthyology means a subdiscipline of anthropology, examining human knowledge of fish and their uses.
What part of speech is ethnoichthyology?
Ethnoichthyology is a noun.

Words near ethnoichthyology in the dictionary

  1. ethnohistorical
  2. ethnohistorically
  3. ethnohistories
  4. ethnohistory
  5. ethnoichthyological
  6. ethnoichthyology
  7. ethnoknowledge
  8. ethnoknown
  9. ethnol
  10. ethnolect
  11. ethnolectal

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