cetologyn.

Brit.

/sᵻˈtɒlədʒi/,

/siːˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/səˈtɑlədʒi/,

/siˈtɑlədʒi/

Etymology: < Latin cētus or Greek κῆτος + -λογία: see -logy comb. form.

rare.

That part of zoology which treats of the whales.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > mammals > whales

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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cetology
释义	cetologyn. Brit. /sᵻˈtɒlədʒi/, /siːˈtɒlədʒi/, U.S. /səˈtɑlədʒi/, /siˈtɑlədʒi/ Etymology: < Latin cētus or Greek κῆτος + -λογία: see -logy comb. form. rare. That part of zoology which treats of the whales. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > mammals > whales 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1851
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