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MALACOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does malacology mean?
• MALACOLOGY (noun)
The noun MALACOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks
Familiarity information: MALACOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("malacology" is a kind of...):
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malacology"):
conchology; shell collecting (the collection and study of mollusc shells)
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