Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fossilogy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fos-sil-o-gy
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The science or study of fossils.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From fossil + -logy, with haplology. Compare mammalogy, symbology.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fossilogies (plural)

Synonyms

paleontology

Questions

What does fossilogy mean?: The science or study of fossils.
Where does fossilogy come from?: From fossil + -logy, with haplology. Compare mammalogy, symbology.

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