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Malacology   Listen
noun
Malacology  n.  The science which relates to the structure and habits of mollusks.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Malacology" Quotes from Famous Books



... talk. The use of a Greek derivative gives notice that you are scientific. If you speak of an acanthopterygian, it is plain that you are not discussing perch in reference to its roasting or boiling merits; and if you make an allusion to monomyarian malacology, it will not naturally be supposed to have reference to the cooking ...
— The Book-Hunter - A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author • John Hill Burton



Words linked to "Malacology" :   zoology, shell collecting, conchology, zoological science



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