coralology

English

Etymology

From coral +‎ -ology.

Noun

coralology (uncountable)

  1. (very rare) The study of coral.
    • 1987, Horace E. Dobbs, Classic Dives of the World, page 110:
      Here was another first for the annals of coralology. All we could do at this stage was to wonder why it ever formed.
    • 1996, Charles Jerry Flora, The S.H.R.I.M.P.er's Maui: A Guide to Coral Reef Biology, page 74:
      As used in coralology, this means that in certain brain corals, adjacent valleys have separate walls.
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