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PRONUNCIATION OF ORYCTOLOGY

oryctology  [ˌɒrɪkˈtɒlədʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORYCTOLOGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Oryctology is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ORYCTOLOGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of oryctology in the English dictionary

The definition of oryctology in the dictionary is the study of fossils, minerals and rocks.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORYCTOLOGY


climatology
ˌklaɪməˈtɒlədʒɪ
cosmetology
ˌkɒzmɛˈtɒlədʒɪ
cytology
saɪˈtɒlədʒɪ
dermatology
ˌdɜːməˈtɒlədʒɪ
gerontology
ˌdʒɛrɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ
haematology
ˌhiːməˈtɒlədʒɪ
hematology
ˌhiːməˈtɒlədʒɪ
hepatology
ˌhɛpəˈtɒlədʒɪ
histology
hɪˈstɒlədʒɪ
neonatology
ˌniːəʊnəˈtɒlədʒɪ
ontology
ɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ
otology
əʊˈtɒlədʒɪ
paleontology
ˌpælɪɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ
parasitology
ˌpærəsaɪˈtɒlədʒɪ
primatology
ˌpraɪməˈtɒlədʒɪ
proctology
prɒkˈtɒlədʒɪ
rheumatology
ˌruːməˈtɒlədʒɪ
Scientology
ˌsaɪənˈtɒlədʒɪ
tautology
tɔːˈtɒlədʒɪ
teratology
ˌtɛrəˈtɒlədʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORYCTOLOGY

orthotropous
orthotropy
orthovanadic
orthovanadic acid
orthros
Ortler
Ortles
ortolan
ortolan bunting
Orton
orts
Orumiyeh
Oruro
orval
Orvieto
Orwell
Orwellian
Oryol
oryx
orzo

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORYCTOLOGY

archaeology
astrology
biology
biotechnology
ecology
genealogy
geology
information technology
methodology
microbiology
mythology
neurology
oncology
pathology
pharmacology
physiology
psychology
sociology
technology
terminology
theology

Synonyms and antonyms of oryctology in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «oryctology» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORYCTOLOGY

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The translations of oryctology from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «oryctology» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

oryctology
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oryctology
570 millions of speakers

English

oryctology
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

oryctology
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

oryctology
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

oryctology
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

oryctology
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

oryctology
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

oryctology
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Oriologi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

oryctology
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

oryctology
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

oryctology
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Oryctology
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

oryctology
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

oryctology
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Oryctology
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oryctology
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oryctology
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oryctology
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

oryctology
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oryctology
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

oryctology
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

oryctology
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

oryctology
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oryctology
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of oryctology

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORYCTOLOGY»

The term «oryctology» is normally little used and occupies the 147.095 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORYCTOLOGY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «oryctology» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «oryctology» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about oryctology

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORYCTOLOGY»

Discover the use of oryctology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to oryctology and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Outlines of Oryctology an Introduction to the Study of ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
James Parkinson, 2012
2
The Book of Science,: Second Series, Comprising Treatises on ...
Second Series, Comprising Treatises on Chemistry, Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Crystallography, Geology, Oryctology, Meteorology. Adapted to the Comprehension of Young People John M. Moffatt. Primordial or Inferior Rocks. These rocks are ...
John M. Moffatt, 1835
3
Elements of Geology
Oryctology (Gr., orusso, to dig, and logos, a discourse) — a discourse or reasoning about things dug up. Paleontology (from palaios, ancient, onto, beings, logos, a discourse) — a discourse or reasoning about ancient beings. Both of these ...
David Page, 1870
4
Organic remains of a former world
Cuvier, whose indefatigable exertions for promoting the advancement of comparative anatomy and oryctology, demand the gratitude of every lover of science, has proposed a different arrangement of animal bodies ; which does not, however, ...
James Parkinson, 1808
5
Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. ...
... termed trochitx when separate, and enlrochi when connected in a series. The single vertebras of the pentactinus have been distinguished as asteri*, and when united together they have been termed columnar asteria. ORYCTOLOGY. ...
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, 1819
6
The magazine of naturel history and journal of zoology botany
There is no part of the world in which this species has hitherto been known decidedly to exist, but in some of the states of Germany;" and in his Outlines of Oryctology, published ten years later than the former work (1830), he says, p. 96., " No ...
Loudon, 1833
7
Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, ...
There is no part of the world in which this species has hitherto been known decidedly to exist, but in some of the states of Germany;" and in his Outlines of Oryctology, published ten years later than the former work (1830), he says, p. 96., " No ...
‎1833
8
The Animal Kingdom: Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization
M. Outlines, indeed, in his Oryctology, thinks that he has perceived something of this kind, and that they are unguiculated. M. Victor Audouin, embracing with ardour the opinion of M. Brogniart, has combated in a particular memoir, the one  ...
Georges baron Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, 1833
9
The Educational Magazine
Thus, in this volume, chemistry, metallurgy, mineralogy, chrlstalogrophy, geology, oryctology, and meteorology, are severally treated, but in such a manner as to form a kindred connection of the earth and atmosphere. Chemistry and ...
‎1835
10
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
nX 10 of Parkinson's Outlines of Oryctology ; and No. 9, the 1st and 2nd plates of the same tooth, excepting that the number of the elliptic figures on the crown caused by trituration, is greater in my specimens ; and that great difference in the  ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), 1835

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Oryctology [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/oryctology>. May 2024 ».
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