neontology

noun

Meaning

The study of organisms living in the current era, as opposed to organisms that are extinct.

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Related words

gnotobiology(English)organonomy(English)bionomics(English)macrobiology(English)biology(English)biogeocenology(English)biocenology(English)marine biology(English)

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