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Meaning of ammonitology | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The scientific study of ammonites.

uncountable

Examples

“The elaborate resulting nomenclature (taxonomy) is admittedly cumbersome. Unfortunately this aspect of ammonitology turns many away from an exciting and fruitful field of research.”
“Ammonitology was a bastion of documentation during the heyday of recapitulation, and therefore became the great hunting ground for a claim about frequent paedomorphosis when fashions shifted.”
“Since the early times of the Hungarian geology, a special attention was dedicated to the Jurassic biostratigraphy and ammonitology.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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