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vermeology

vermeology noun: the study of worms.

Noun

vermeology (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The study of worms.
    • Everybody was deep in arboriculture and vermeology; and what we did not know about mulberry trees for feeding silk worms was not worth knowing; and what we did not know about worms, and 'the diet of worms,' and cocoons, and reeling of fibre, and weaving of silk and satin could not be learned.1883, Richard Smith Elliott, Notes Taken in Sixty Years, page 145

Origin of vermeology

Ancient Greek

Words formed from vermeology

Questions about vermeology

What does vermeology mean?
Vermeology means the study of worms.
What part of speech is vermeology?
Vermeology is a noun.

Words near vermeology in the dictionary

  1. vermelone
  2. vermentino
  3. vermentinos
  4. vermeologist
  5. vermeologists
  6. vermeology
  7. vermes
  8. vermeti
  9. vermetid
  10. vermetids
  11. vermetus

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