(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:38:26

Or`yc*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. dug + -logy: cf. F. oryctologie.]

1.

An old name for paleontology.

2.

An old name for mineralogy and geology.

 

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