Meaning & use
Cetology
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The branch of zoology concerned with the study of whales, dolphins, and porpoises (cetaceans).
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The museum's cetology exhibit featured a full blue whale skeleton.
Herman Melville famously devoted several chapters of Moby-Dick to cetology.
A note on using this word
The word combines the Greek 'ketos' (sea monster or whale) with '-logy' (study of); it gained popular fame through its use in Melville's novel Moby-Dick.
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