xenology
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Etymology edit
xeno- + -logy. Coined prior to 1974 and later popularized by Robert Freitas.[1]
Noun edit
xenology (uncountable)
- (science fiction) The study of alien life.
- Synonym: exobiology Hypernym: astrobiology
- (genetics) Homology from horizontal gene transfer.
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References edit
- ^ Graham Templeton (2017 May 10) “THIS SCIENTIST WROTE THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO ALIEN WEAPONS, MUSIC, AND SEX”, in Inverse, retrieved 2022-03-19