MALACOLOGY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The branch of zoology that studies the structure and behavior of mollusks

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("malacology" is a kind of...):

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malacology"):

conchology; shell collecting (the collection and study of mollusc shells)

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