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NEONTOLOGY

\nˌiːə͡ʊntˈɒləd͡ʒi], \nˌiːə‍ʊntˈɒləd‍ʒi], \n_ˌiː__əʊ_n_t_ˈɒ_l_ə_dʒ_i]\

Definitions of NEONTOLOGY

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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n[=e]-on-tol'o-ji, n. the science and description of extant, as apart from extinct, animals.--n. NEONTOL'OGIST. [Gr. neos, new, on, ontos, being, logia--legein, to speak.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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