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spongology

spongology noun: the study of sponges.

Noun

spongology (uncountable)

  1. The study of sponges.
    • Spongology, the study of all aspects of the sponge biology, ecology, taxonomy, and chemistry of sponges, has full fledged into a discipline attracting a progressively increasing population of hundreds of scientists worldwide, numerous of whom devote a lifetime career to the study of this group.2016, Ramjee Pallela, Marine Sponges: Chemicobiological and Biomedical Applications

Words formed from spongology

Questions about spongology

What does spongology mean?
Spongology means the study of sponges.
What part of speech is spongology?
Spongology is a noun.

Words near spongology in the dictionary

  1. spongolites
  2. spongolitic
  3. spongological
  4. spongologist
  5. spongologists
  6. spongology
  7. spongotine
  8. spongs
  9. spongy
  10. spongy body
  11. spongy moth

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