fossilogy

== English == === Etymology === From fossil +‎ -logy, with haplology. Compare mammalogy, symbology. === Noun === fossilogy (countable and uncountable, plural fossilogies) (archaic) The science or study of fossils. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:fossilogy. ==== Synonyms ==== paleontology === References === fossilogy at the 1828 Noah Webster's Dictionary of the English Language