Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thalassography

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tha-las-sog-ra-phy
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The scientific study of marine life.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We thus have at the Museum, independent of the general Library, smaller collections devoted to Entomology, to Marine Invertebrates and Thalassography, to Fishes and Reptiles"

Etymology

From thalasso- + -graphy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: thalasso
Suffix: graphy

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

thalassographer thalassographic

Questions

What does thalassography mean?: The scientific study of marine life.
Where does thalassography come from?: From thalasso- + -graphy.

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