fossilogy

English

Etymology

From fossil +‎ -logy.

Noun

fossilogy (countable and uncountable, plural fossilogies)

1. (archaic) The science or study of fossils.

Quotations

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Synonyms

• paleontology

References

fossilogy at the 1828 Noah Webster's Dictionary of the English Language