Hexiology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The science dealing with the relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally. obsolete, uncountable

    "Dr. Mivart treats elaborately upon the anatomy, physiology, psychology, taxonomy, and hexicology of the cat […]"

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ecology

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"Dr. Mivart treats elaborately upon the anatomy, physiology, psychology, taxonomy, and hexicology of the cat […]"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕξις (héxis, “state or habit”) + -ology. Coined in 1894 by an English naturalist, St. George Jackson Mivart.

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