malacology
/ˌmæ.ləˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "But the circumstances which the Baron Cuvier† so justly adduces as tending to retard the progress of Malacology in general, seem especially to have contributed to obscure the history of Nautilus Pompilius."
- "[…]their chronogeny will long remain one of the most difficult problems in Malacology."
- "The first steps in the age determination of mammals by the number of annual layers were made when, in ichthyology and malacology, it has already become to routine practice to use annual layers for ageing animals and for back-calculating the growth of individuals."
Etymology
From French malacologie, contraction of malacozoologie, from the (obsolete) taxonomic name Malacozoa + French -ologie (“-ology”), Malacozoa being in turn from Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”). Equivalent to malaco- + -logy.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmæ.ləˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
- British English: /ˌmæ.ləˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/