OOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oology mean? 

• OOLOGY (noun)
  The noun OOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number)

  Familiarity information: OOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("oology" is a kind of...):

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)