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LIMNOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does limnology mean?
• LIMNOLOGY (noun)
The noun LIMNOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties
Familiarity information: LIMNOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their biological and physical and geological properties
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("limnology" is a kind of...):
earth science (any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts)
Derivation:
limnological (of or relating to limnology)
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