cetology

English

Etymology

From cet- +‎ -o- +‎ -logy.

Noun

cetology (usually uncountable, plural cetologies)

1. The branch of zoology concerned with the infraorder Cetacea, which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

Related terms

• cetologist
• cetological

Translations

study of cetaceans

• Catalan: cetologia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鯨類學／鲸类学 (jīng lèi xué)

• Dutch: walviskunde
• Finnish: valastiede
• French: cétologie (fr)
• German: Walkunde, Walforschung
• Icelandic: hvalafræði
• Italian: cetologia (it)
• Japanese: 鯨学 (kujira gaku)
• Korean: 고래학 (goraehak)
• Portuguese: cetologia
• Russian: цетоло́гия (ru) f (cetológija)
• Spanish: cetología (es)
• Tamil: நீர்ப்பாலூட்டியியல் (nīrppālūṭṭiyiyal)

See also

• whalelore