cetologyn.
/sᵻˈtɒlədʒi/, /siːˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S. /səˈtɑlədʒi/, /siˈtɑlədʒi/ rare.
That part of zoology which treats of the whales.
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cetology1851
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxii. 147 To project the draught of a systematization of cetology.
Derivatives
cetoˈlogical adj. of or pertaining to cetology.
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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [adjective] > mammals > whales
cetological1851
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxii. 159 But I now leave my cetological system standing thus unfinished.
ceˈtologist n. one versed in cetology.
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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > mammals > whales > one who
cetologist1955
1955 Sci. Amer. Jan. 67/1 Some cetologists believe that the gray whale survived along our Atlantic seaboard until historic times.
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