neontology
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neontology (uncountable)
- (biology) The study of organisms living in the current era, as opposed to organisms that are extinct.
- Hyponyms: neobotany, neozoology
- 1861 July 6, “Flourens on the Unity and Fixity of Species”, in British Medical Journal:
- Ontology comprises the study both of beings actually existing, and the study of ancient beings and of their fossil remains—neontology and palaeontology.
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the study of organisms living in the current era
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