thalassography

English

Etymology

thalasso- + -graphy

Noun

thalassography (uncountable)

  1. The scientific study of marine life.
    • 1806, Harvard University, Annual Report:
      We thus have at the Museum, independent of the general Library, smaller collections devoted to Entomology, to Marine Invertebrates and Thalassography, to Fishes and Reptiles

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