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mammalogy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mammalogy has 1 sense
- mammalogy(n = noun.cognition) - the branch of zoology that studies mammals; has particulars: primatology
is a kind of zoological science, zoology
CIDE DICTIONARY
mammalogy, n. [Mamma breast + -logy: cf. f. mammalogie.].
The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia . See Mammalia. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
mammalogy
Zoology
N zoology, zoonomy, zoography, zootomy, anatomy, comparative anatomy, animal physiology, comparative physiology, morphology, mammalogy, anthropology, ornithology, ichthyology, herpetology, ophiology, malacology, helminthology, entomology, oryctology, paleontology, mastology, vermeology, ornithotomy, ichthyotomy, taxidermy, zoologist, zoological.
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