Neotology

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The study of a recently discovered object, place, animal, insect, mineral, etc. uncountable

    "Since systematics always was an integral part of neotology and paleontology, it has been possible to distinguish it as a perfectly independent science."

  2. 2
    Synonym of neonatology uncountable

    "Robert Weir (1984), in the first single-authored book on ethics in neotology in the period of the revival, relies heavily on this concept, as do others"

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"Since systematics always was an integral part of neotology and paleontology, it has been possible to distinguish it as a perfectly independent science."

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