Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

limacology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
li-ma-col-o-gy
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The scientific study of slugs.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin līmāx (“slug”) + -logy.

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Questions

What does limacology mean?
The scientific study of slugs.
Where does limacology come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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