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fossilogy

fossilogy noun: the science or study of fossils.

Noun

fossilogy (countable and uncountable, plural fossilogies)

  1. (archaic) The science or study of fossils.
    Synonyms:
    paleontology

Synonyms of fossilogy

Forms of fossilogy

pluralfossilogies

Origin of fossilogy

From fossil + -logy, with haplology. Compare mammalogy, symbology.

Questions about fossilogy

What does fossilogy mean?
Fossilogy means the science or study of fossils.
What part of speech is fossilogy?
Fossilogy is a noun.
What is the plural of fossilogy?
The plural of fossilogy is fossilogies.

Words near fossilogy in the dictionary

  1. fossillike
  2. fossilogical
  3. fossilogies
  4. fossilogist
  5. fossilogists
  6. fossilogy
  7. fossiloid
  8. fossilological
  9. fossilologist
  10. fossilologists
  11. fossilology

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fossilogy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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