oryctography
oryctography noun: the description of fossils.
Noun
oryctography (uncountable)
- The description of fossils.
Origin of oryctography
From Ancient Greek ὀρυκτός (oruktós, “dug out”) + -graphy.
Words that rhyme with oryctography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
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- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about oryctography
- What does oryctography mean?
- Oryctography means the description of fossils.
- What part of speech is oryctography?
- Oryctography is a noun.
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