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† maˈstology
[f. Gr. µαστός breast + -ology.]
A proposed substitute for mammalogy.
1819Pantologia, Mastology... We trust we shall not be accused of pedantry in coining this term. 1839Penny Cycl. XIV. 352/2 Mammalogy, a hybrid word..Accordingly M. Desmarest has proposed the term Mastology, and M. de Blainville that of Mastozoology.
Hence mastoˈlogical a. = mammalogical; maˈstologist = mammalogist.
1890in Century Dict. |