thalassography

English

Etymology

From 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

Translations

Translations

• French: thalassographie f
• German: Thalassografie (de) f, Thalassographie (de) f

References

• “thalassography”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.