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Oryctology

Or`yc*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? dug + -logy: cf. F. oryctologie.]

1. An old name for paleontology.

2. An old name for mineralogy and geology.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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