ORYCTOLOGY


Meaning of ORYCTOLOGY in English

əˌrikˈtäləjē, ˌōrˌi- noun

( -es )

Etymology: probably from (assumed) New Latin oryctologia, from Greek oryktos formed by digging, dug, verbal of oryssein to dig + New Latin -logia -logy

: mineralogy

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