cetology

cetology

English

Etymology

From cet- +‎ -o- +‎ -logy.

Noun

cetology (usually uncountable, plural cetologies)

1. The branch of zoology concerned with the order Cetacea, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

Related terms

• cetologist
• cetological

Translations

study of cetaceans

Catalan: cetologia Chinese: Mandarin: 鯨類學／鲸类学 (jīng lèi xué) Dutch: walviskunde Finnish: valastiede French: cétologie (fr) German: Walkunde, Walforschung Icelandic: hvalafræði Italian: cetologia (it) Japanese: 鯨学 (kujira gaku) Korean: 고래학 (goraehak) Portuguese: cetologia Russian: цетоло́гия (ru) f (cetológija) Spanish: cetología Tamil: நீர்ப்பாலூட்டியியல் (nīrppālūṭṭiyiyal)

See also

• whalelore