Cynology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of dogs. uncountable

    "Professor Mills has done excellent work in his course on "Cynology, the Dog and his Diseases," a subject hitherto only taught incidentally in any college ..."

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"Professor Mills has done excellent work in his course on "Cynology, the Dog and his Diseases," a subject hitherto only taught incidentally in any college ..."

Etymology

From cyno- + -logy.

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