Definition of Cetology

1. n. The description or natural history of cetaceous animals.

Definition of Cetology

1. Noun. The branch of zoology concerned with the order Cetacea, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cetology

1. the study of whales [n -GIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cetology

ceterachs
ceteris paribus
cetes
cethexonium bromide
cethromycin
cetineite
cetirizine
cetoleic
cetoleic acid
cetological
cetologies
cetologist
cetologists
cetology (current term)
cetomacrogol
cetomimid
cetomimids
cetoniid
cetoniids
cetostearyl alcohol
cetraria
cetraric acid
cetrarin
cetraxate
cetrimide
cetrimonium
cetrimonium bromide
cetrimonium compounds

Literary usage of Cetology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Account of the Arctic Regions: With a History and Description of the by William Scoresby (1820)
"Hence, also, as another step towards an improved system of cetology, I have confined my engravings, as well as my descriptions, to those animals which have ..."

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