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单词 oology
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oologyn.

Brit. /əʊˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /oʊˈ(w)ɑlədʒi/
Forms: 1800s– oology, 1800s– oölogy.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oo- comb. form, -logy comb. form.
Etymology: < oo- comb. form + -logy comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin oologia (1691), French oologie (1847 in sense ‘ovology’)).
The branch of knowledge that deals with birds' eggs, esp. in regard to their external appearance; a description of birds' eggs; the practice of collecting birds' eggs.
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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > specific aspects
oology1830
ornithichnology1836
neossology1865
pterylography1867
caliology1875
pterography1887
ornithobiography1890
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting other articles > [noun]
shelling1861
bugging1862
oology1869
bibliophily1877
antiquing1916
cartophily1936
deltiology1947
phillumeny1951
tegestology1960
notaphily1970
scripophily1978
1830 Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 (end matter) (advt.) On the First of January, 1831, will be published, the First Number of British Oology, being Illustrations of the Eggs, Nidification, &c. of British Birds.
1831 W. C. Hewitson (title) British oology; being illustrations of the eggs of British birds, with figures of each species.
1869 J. R. Lowell Wks. (1890) III. 217 Since bird-nesting has become scientific and dignified itself as oölogy.
1895 Amer. Naturalist 29 259 The main object is to make it a systematic and comprehensive work on the oölogy of North America.
1932 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 1 209 They masquerade under the name of science, as with ‘comparative oology’.
1946 Science 9 Aug. 134/2 Charles Emil Bendire accepted Baird's invitation to organize the collection of birds eggs, a task he continued to perform as honorary curator of the Department of Oology until his death.
1985 P. J. Wingate Before Bridge xix. 182 Oology was the study of birds' eggs.
1999 Guardian 27 Dec. i. 19/1 Egg collecting, known in pseudo-scientific circles as oology, had a real effect on the populations of rare breeding birds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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