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oryctognosy

oryctognosy noun: knowledge about things dug up, especially what is now considered mineralogy.

Noun

oryctognosy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Knowledge about things dug up, especially what is now considered mineralogy.

Origin of oryctognosy

From Latin oryctognōsia.

Questions about oryctognosy

What does oryctognosy mean?
Oryctognosy means knowledge about things dug up, especially what is now considered mineralogy.
What part of speech is oryctognosy?
Oryctognosy is a noun.

Words near oryctognosy in the dictionary

  1. orycteropodoid
  2. oryctics
  3. oryctognostic
  4. oryctognostical
  5. oryctognostically
  6. oryctognosy
  7. oryctographic
  8. oryctographical
  9. oryctographically
  10. oryctography
  11. oryctologic

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