noun
Meaning 1
The study of mammals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mastology, mazology
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mammalogy
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noun
Meaning 2
the branch of zoology that studies mammals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: zoology, zoological science
Narrower terms: primatology
History
Etymology
From mammal + -logy, with haplology.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 哺乳動物學 /哺乳动物学 (bǔrǔdòngwùxué) — the study of mammals
- Finnish: mammalogia — the study of mammals
- French: mammalogie — the study of mammals
- Georgian: მამალიოლოგია (mamaliologia) — the study of mammals
- Georgian: მამალოლოგია (mamalologia) — the study of mammals
- Georgian: თერიოლოგია (teriologia) — the study of mammals
- German: Mammalogie — the study of mammals
- German: Säugetierkunde — the study of mammals
- Italian: mammalogia — the study of mammals
- Portuguese: mamalogia — the study of mammals
- Romanian: mamalogie — the study of mammals
- Russian: териоло́гия (teriológija) — the study of mammals
- Spanish: mastozoología — the study of mammals
- Spanish: teriología — the study of mammals
- Spanish: mamalogía — the study of mammals