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exobiologies

exobiologies is the plural of exobiology.

Meaning of exobiology

Noun

exobiology (usually uncountable, plural exobiologies)

  1. (usually, life sciences) The branch of biology dealing with exolife: (putative or predicted) extraterrestrial lifeforms (those originating from planets other than Earth).
    • Biology has lately given rise to a new discipline: exobiology, the study of extraterrestrial life. Ever since 1959, when analysis of a piece of meteor substance showed traces of organic compounds, a controversy has raged as to whether these compounds came into the atmosphere with the meteorite or...1973, Lyall Watson, Supernature, page ix. 310
    Synonyms:
    xenobiology

Questions about exobiologies

What is exobiologies the plural of?
Exobiologies is the plural of exobiology.

Words near exobiologies in the dictionary

  1. exobasidiaceous
  2. exobasidial
  3. exobiologic
  4. exobiological
  5. exobiologically
  6. exobiologies
  7. exobiologist
  8. exobiologists
  9. exobiology
  10. exobiotic
  11. exobiotics

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