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ichthyology|ɪkθɪˈɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. ἰχθύς, ἰχθυο- fish + -logy.]
The natural history of fishes as a branch of zoology. b. The ichthyological features or characteristics (of a district), the fishes (of a region) as subjects of scientific study.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxiv. 169 Some there are in the Land which were never maintained to be in the Sea..which carry no name in Icthyologie. 1772Jackson in Phil. Trans. LXIII. 8 The latest, and perhaps the most accurate author on icthyology. 1816Gentl. Mag. LXXXVI. ii. 616 The Ichthyology of these parts of North America. 1842H. Miller O.R. Sandst. ii. (ed. 2) 59 The labours of these two great men in fossil ichthyology. 1880Günther Fishes 2 The commencement of the history of Ichthyology coincides with that of Zoology generally. |