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oryctognosy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Knowledge about things dug up, especially what is now considered mineralogy.

Word forms

oryctognosy

Etymology

From Latin oryctognōsia.

Related words

oryctognostic oryctognostical oryctognostically oryctology

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