But the circumstances which the Baron Cuvier† so justly adduces as tending to retard the progress of Malacology in general, seem especially to have contributed to obscure the history of Nautilus Pompilius.
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Malacology
//ˌmæ.ləˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi//
Synonyms for "malacology" (11 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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19 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- наука за мекотелите noun (study of molluscs)
Catalan
1 entries- malacologia noun (study of molluscs)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 軟體動物學 /软体动物学 noun (study of molluscs)
Dutch
1 entries- malacologie noun (study of molluscs)
Finnish
2 entries- malakologia noun (study of molluscs)
- nilviäistutkimus noun (study of molluscs)
French
1 entries- malacologie noun (study of molluscs)
Galician
1 entries- malacoloxía noun (study of molluscs)
German
1 entries- Malakologie noun (study of molluscs)
Hungarian
1 entries- malakológia noun (study of molluscs)
Italian
1 entries- malacologia noun (study of molluscs)
Japanese
1 entries- 軟体動物学 noun (study of molluscs)
Korean
1 entries- 연체동물학 noun (study of molluscs)
Polish
2 entries- malakologia noun (study of molluscs)
- malakozoologia noun (study of molluscs)
Portuguese
1 entries- malacologia noun (study of molluscs)
Russian
1 entries- малаколо́гия noun (study of molluscs)
Spanish
1 entries- malacología noun (study of molluscs)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nhuyễn thể học noun (study of molluscs)
Sample sentences
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[…]their chronogeny will long remain one of the most difficult problems in Malacology.
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The first steps in the age determination of mammals by the number of annual layers were made when, in ichthyology and malacology, it has already become to routine practice to use annual layers for ageing animals and for back-calculating the growth of individuals.
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