Thalassography

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The scientific study of marine life. uncountable

    "We thus have at the Museum, independent of the general Library, smaller collections devoted to Entomology, to Marine Invertebrates and Thalassography, to Fishes and Reptiles"

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"We thus have at the Museum, independent of the general Library, smaller collections devoted to Entomology, to Marine Invertebrates and Thalassography, to Fishes and Reptiles"

Etymology

From thalasso- + -graphy.

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