Meanings
- uncountablebiologyThe branch of malacology dealing with cephalopods.
Students of Teuthology today are fortunate to have a wealth of excellent references published in the past decade.
1992, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, volumes 13-14, Malacological Society of Australia, page 721 more example
The region concerned is faunally a very rich one, but as its teuthology has been hitherto practically unknown, the fact that a number of its most common and characteristic species are undescribed need be in no way surprising.
1909, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection, Volume 2639, page 89
Origin
- Ancient Greekτευθίς“squid”
- Englishteuthology
From Ancient Greek τευθίς (teuthís, “squid”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy”).
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French teuthologie
- teuthologieBranch of zoology dealing with cephalopods
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