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oryctozoology

oryctozoology noun: the zoology of fossils.

Noun

oryctozoology (uncountable)

  1. The zoology of fossils

Questions about oryctozoology

What does oryctozoology mean?
Oryctozoology means the zoology of fossils.
What part of speech is oryctozoology?
Oryctozoology is a noun.

Words near oryctozoology in the dictionary

  1. oryctologic
  2. oryctological
  3. oryctologist
  4. oryctologists
  5. oryctology
  6. oryctozoology
  7. oryges
  8. orygine
  9. Oryol
  10. orysastrobin
  11. oryx

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