malacology
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- malacological adjective
- malacologist noun
Etymology
Origin of malacology
1830–40; < French malacologie, syncopated variant of malacozoologie. See malaco-, zoology
Example Sentences
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"There's enough here to keep us busy for a very long time," said malacology collections manager Paul Callomon.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2012
“This specimen provides an excellent opportunity to learn things about these creatures we couldn’t find out any other way,” says John Slapcinsky, malacology collection manager at the Florida Museum of Natural History.
From US News • Jul. 12, 2011
I had judged advisable to sketch, with the able assistance of learned friends, its history and geography; its ethnology and archaeology; its zoology and malacology; its botany and geology.
From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
No. Was it to the mollusks, from the cephalopodes to the bryozoans, that he had given his preference, and had malacology no more secrets for him?
From Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen by Verne, Jules
The days of conchology were then doomed; and the study of the mollusc, or malacology, took its place.
From Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them by Moss, E. G. B.
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