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stromatology

stromatology noun: the history of the formation of stratified rocks.

Noun

stromatology (uncountable)

  1. The history of the formation of stratified rocks.
  2. The study of stromatolites

Origin of stromatology

From Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma) + -logy.

Questions about stromatology

What does stromatology mean?
Stromatology means the history of the formation of stratified rocks.
What part of speech is stromatology?
Stromatology is a noun.

Words near stromatology in the dictionary

  1. stromatolite
  2. stromatolites
  3. stromatolith
  4. stromatoliths
  5. stromatolitic
  6. stromatology
  7. stromatoporid
  8. stromatoporids
  9. stromatoporoid
  10. stromatoporoids
  11. stromatous

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