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hexiology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hex-i-ol-o-gy
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The science dealing with the relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally.

Obsolete; Uncountable

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕξις (héxis, “state or habit”) + -ology. Coined in 1894 by an English naturalist, St. George Jackson Mivart.

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Synonyms

ecology

Questions

What does hexiology mean?
The science dealing with the relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally.
Where does hexiology come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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