"desertology" meaning in English

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        "The study of deserts and related phenomena."
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          "word": "eremology"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shāmòxué",
          "sense": "study of deserts",
          "word": "沙漠學 /沙漠学"
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          "sense": "study of deserts",
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          "word": "woestijnkunde"
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          "sense": "study of deserts",
          "word": "aavikkotutkimus"
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          "sense": "study of deserts",
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  "word": "desertology"
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