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thalassography

thalassography noun: the scientific study of marine life.

Noun

thalassography (uncountable)

  1. The scientific study of marine life.
    • We thus have at the Museum, independent of the general Library, smaller collections devoted to Entomology, to Marine Invertebrates and Thalassography, to Fishes and Reptiles1806, Harvard University, Annual Report

Origin of thalassography

From thalasso- + -graphy.

Words formed from thalassography

Questions about thalassography

What does thalassography mean?
Thalassography means the scientific study of marine life.
What part of speech is thalassography?
Thalassography is a noun.

Words near thalassography in the dictionary

  1. thalassogenic
  2. thalassographer
  3. thalassographers
  4. thalassographic
  5. thalassographical
  6. thalassography
  7. thalassohaline
  8. thalassoid
  9. thalassoids
  10. thalassology
  11. thalassometer

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