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单词 oryctography
释义 orycˈtography Obs.
[ad. mod.L. oryctographia (Baier, 1708): see orycto- and -graphy. Cf. F. oryctographie (1771 in Dict. Trévoux).]
The description of ‘fossils’ or minerals; descriptive mineralogy. So oryctoˈgraphic, -ical adjs., pertaining to ‘oryctography’.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Oryctography, is that part of natural history wherein fossils are described.1811Pinkerton Petral. I. 95 Ferber, in his oryctography of Derbyshire, mentions iron-stone.1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Oryctographicus,..oryctographical.
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