oryctologyn.

Brit.

/ˌɒrᵻkˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/ˌɔrɪkˈtɑlədʒi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: orycto- comb. form, -logy comb. form.

Etymology: < orycto- comb. form + -logy comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin oryctologia (1630), French oryctologie (1755).

Now historical and rare.

The branch of science concerned with rocks, minerals, and fossils dug out of the earth; (also) spec. = palaeontology n.

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the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > palaeobiology

oryctology1753

palaeontology1833

oryctozoology1857

palaeontography1857

palaeobiology1893

taphonomy1940

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [noun] > petrology or petrography > palaeontology

oryctology1753

fossilism1797

palaeontology1833

fossilology1835

palaeontography1857

the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > palaeoecology > branches of

oryctology1753

the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > mineralogy > [noun]

mineralsa1500

mineralogy1671

oryctography1753

fossilogy1776

oryctognosy1801

oryctology1804

oryctics1888

rockhounding1949

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Oryctology, is the part of physics which treats of fossils... Under this head comes the doctrine of salts, sulphurs, stones, gems and metals.

1804 J. Parkinson Org. Remains Former World I. iii. 21 To enumerate all the writers on oryctology of this period would be unnecessary.

1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) vii. 147 There was almost nothing known at the period of the oryctology of the older rocks.

1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 537 I know of no copy of the Oryctology of Moscow in this country.

1876 J. Thomas Comprehensive Med. Dict. 380/2 Oryctology..That department of Natural History which treats of fossil organic remains. This term is sometimes used to denote those parts of Mineralogy which have for their object the classification of minerals, their description, nomenclature, and arrangement.

1997 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 27 Feb. 14 It turns out that this is a rare set of early books on palaeontology, or oryctology, as the author, James Parkinson, preferred to call it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oryctology
释义	oryctologyn. Brit. /ˌɒrᵻkˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌɔrɪkˈtɑlədʒi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: orycto- comb. form, -logy comb. form. Etymology: < orycto- comb. form + -logy comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin oryctologia (1630), French oryctologie (1755). Now historical and rare. The branch of science concerned with rocks, minerals, and fossils dug out of the earth; (also) spec. = palaeontology n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > palaeobiology oryctology1753 palaeontology1833 oryctozoology1857 palaeontography1857 palaeobiology1893 taphonomy1940 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [noun] > petrology or petrography > palaeontology oryctology1753 fossilism1797 palaeontology1833 fossilology1835 palaeontography1857 the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > palaeoecology > branches of oryctology1753 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > mineralogy > [noun] mineralsa1500 mineralogy1671 oryctography1753 fossilogy1776 oryctognosy1801 oryctology1804 oryctics1888 rockhounding1949 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Oryctology, is the part of physics which treats of fossils... Under this head comes the doctrine of salts, sulphurs, stones, gems and metals. 1804 J. Parkinson Org. Remains Former World I. iii. 21 To enumerate all the writers on oryctology of this period would be unnecessary. 1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) vii. 147 There was almost nothing known at the period of the oryctology of the older rocks. 1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 537 I know of no copy of the Oryctology of Moscow in this country. 1876 J. Thomas Comprehensive Med. Dict. 380/2 Oryctology..That department of Natural History which treats of fossil organic remains. This term is sometimes used to denote those parts of Mineralogy which have for their object the classification of minerals, their description, nomenclature, and arrangement. 1997 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 27 Feb. 14 It turns out that this is a rare set of early books on palaeontology, or oryctology, as the author, James Parkinson, preferred to call it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1753
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