"cetology" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cetologies [plural]
Etymology: From cet- + -o- + -logy. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cetacean|-o-|-logy|alt1=cet-}} cet- + -o- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} cetology (usually uncountable, plural cetologies)
  1. The branch of zoology concerned with the order Cetacea, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Wikipedia link: cetology Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Cetaceans Related terms: cetologist, cetological, whalelore Translations (study of cetaceans): cetologia (Catalan), 鯨類學 (Chinese Mandarin), 鲸类学 (jīng lèi xué) (Chinese Mandarin), walviskunde (Dutch), valastiede (Finnish), cétologie (French), Walkunde (German), Walforschung (German), hvalafræði (Icelandic), cetologia (Italian), 鯨学 (kujira gaku) (Japanese), 고래학 (goraehak) (Korean), cetologia (Portuguese), цетоло́гия (cetológija) [feminine] (Russian), cetología (Spanish), நீர்ப்பாலூட்டியியல் (nīrppālūṭṭiyiyal) (Tamil)

Inflected forms

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