"malacology" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From French malacologie, contraction of malacozoologie, from the (obsolete) taxonomic name Malacozoa + French -ologie (“-ology”), Malacozoa being in turn from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”). Equivalent to malaco- + -logy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|malacologie}} French malacologie, {{uder|en|grc|μαλακός||soft}} Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”), {{affix|en|malaco-|-logy}} malaco- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} malacology (uncountable)
  1. (zoology) The study of molluscs. Wikipedia link: malacology Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Malacology, Zoology Synonyms: malacozoology Derived forms: malacologist, malacological Related terms: conchology Translations (study of molluscs): наука за мекотелите (nauka za mekotelite) [feminine] (Bulgarian), malacologia [feminine] (Catalan), 軟體動物學 (Chinese Mandarin), 软体动物学 (ruǎntǐdòngwùxué) (Chinese Mandarin), malacologie (Dutch), nilviäistutkimus (Finnish), malakologia (Finnish), malacologie [feminine] (French), malacoloxía [feminine] (Galician), Malakologie [feminine] (German), malakológia (Hungarian), malacologia [feminine] (Italian), 軟体動物学 (nantaidōbutsugaku) (alt: なんたいどうぶつがく) (Japanese), 연체동물학 (yeonchedongmulhak) (Korean), malacologia [feminine] (Portuguese), малаколо́гия (malakológija) [feminine] (Russian), malacología [feminine] (Spanish), nhuyễn thể học (Vietnamese)
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