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From acanth- (“having spines or thorns”) + -ology (“study of”).[1]
- (US) IPA(key): /(ˌ)æˌkænˈθɑləd͡ʒi/, /ˌækənˈθɑləɡd͡ʒi/, /əˌkænˈθɑləd͡ʒi/
- Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
acanthology (plural acanthologies)
- The study of spined things, in particular sea urchins, and the resultant impact on taxonomy.
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
