Meaning of batology | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The scientific study of plants in the genus Rubus, commonly known as brambles.
   uncountable
2. The study of bats (the flying mammal).
   colloquial, humorous, uncountable

Examples

“[…]more than another that has always been clearly recognized by British botanists, it is R. leucostachys, in spite of the various forms, which, before they were detected as hybrids, were often a puzzle to our predecessors in British batology.”

“Further knowledge of Rubus plant geography is steadily emerging, particular[ly] as co-workers such as D. Grant and T. Schofield are also contributing substantially to Yorkshire batology.”

“In Species Plantarum, in 1753, [Carl] Linnaeus identified two European species of Rubus within the large five-petaled family^([sic]) Rosa, thus beginning one of taxonomy’s largest studies—batology.”

“There seems to be a term for just about everything… it turns out there’s even a term for the scientific study of members of the Rubus genus— batology. No, not the study of bats. In exploring batology you’ll find that the most commonly cultivated brambles come from a complex lineage…”

“Batology is the study of bats, while a batologist is someone who studies or collects bats as a hobby.”

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