carcinology
Carcinology
Car`ci*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? a crab + -logy.] (Zo["o]l.) The department of zo["o]logy which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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