opilionology
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[edit]Noun
[edit]opilionology (uncountable)
- (rare) The study of the Opiliones or harvestmen.
- 1974, Theodore Horace Savory, Introduction to arachnology, page 35:
- There are certain to be differences, and 'comparative opilionology' presents a wide field.
- 2007, Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Harvestmen: The Biology of Opiliones, page 14:
- During the 1920s the German zoologist Alfred Kastner emerged as the leading student of opilionology and arachnology in general.
- 2015, G Giribet, “Evolutionary biology of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones)”, in Annual Review of Entomology, volume 60, page 157:
- Broad interest in harvestman phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history has advanced the field of opilionology greatly […]