| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. The department of zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Carcinology" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Etymology:Carcinology \Car`ci*nol"o*gy\, noun. [Greek ? a crab + -logy.]. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. The department of zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology.[Websters]. | |
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Date "CARCINOLOGY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Carcinology \Car`ci*nol"o*gy\, noun. [Greek ? a crab + -logy.]. (references) |