Oryctology

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oryctology \Or`yc*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. 'orykto`s dug + -logy: cf.
     F. oryctologie.]
     1. An old name for paleontology.
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     2. An old name for mineralogy and geology.


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