[sca.tol.o.gy] n [Gk skat-, skor excrement; akin to OE scearn dung, L muscerdae mouse droppings] (1876) 1: interest in or treatment of obscene matters esp. in literature
2: the biologically oriented study of excrement (as for taxonomic purposes or for the determination of diet) -- scat.o.log.i.cal adj