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malacostracology

noun

  1. the branch of zoology that deals with malacostracans or (more generally) with crustaceans in general
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From malac- + Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “clay pot; shell”) + -logy.

  1. carcinology, the study of crustaceans