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Definition of Fossilology
1. Noun. The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains.
Examples of category: Frill
Specialized synonyms: Palaeobiology, Paleobiology, Micropaleontology, Vertebrate Paleontology
Generic synonyms: Earth Science
Derivative terms: Palaeontological, Palaeontologist, Paleontological, Paleontologist
Definition of Fossilology
1. Noun. The study of fossils. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fossilology
Literary usage of Fossilology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"By a Naturalist. Lond. 1780. 8vo. Is. Published anonymously.—Lond. 1796. Svo.
2s. — Elements of fossilology. Lond. 1776. 8vo. 8s. ..."
2. The Metropolitan (1831)
"... (Some authors call the science fossilology). Although I have attempted no
neology). Perhaps you may accuse me of macrology, (I cannot from the blame ..."
3. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Robert Chambers (1887)
"existed at particular times, which is in some measure independent of the specialties
of fossilology. The birds are below the mammalia in the animal scale; ..."
4. A Complete pronouncing medical dictionary: Embracing the Terminology of by Joseph Thomas (1885)
"A ball of hardened faeces or other hard mass in the bowels :—more frequently
applied in fossilology to the petrified dung of animals. Co-pros'ta-sis. ..."