oology

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oology (oh-OL-uh-jee) - n., the study of eggs, especially bird eggs; the hobby of collecting wild bird eggs.


Also spelled oölogy to make it clear it's not pronounced OO-luh-jee. The root is the scientific prefix oo-, egg, from Greek ōión, egg + scientific suffix -ology, study of, from (via Latin and French) Greek logía, from légō, I speak/explain + nominalizing suffix -ía.


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---L.