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OP Neontology - The study of presently alive or recently extinct organisms.
The word 'neontology' appeared in a rag-week magazine recently (of all places) and, not immediately finding it in a dictionary, I assumed it had been invented as a spoof speciality. But it occurred to me to try OneLook today and it quoted The Biological Sciences Dictionary; the only source, in fact, that it gave.
I suppose it is the antonym of palaeontology and I am surprised not to have met it before.
Edit: I have since found the word in The Concise Oxford - so not so obscure after all!
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted alive and well... dxb 07/21/03 04:28 PM Re: alive and well... maverick 07/21/03 09:39 PM Re: alive and well... AnnaStrophic 07/25/03 04:29 PM Re: alive and well... Bingley 07/26/03 12:39 PM Re: alive and well... maverick 07/26/03 10:17 PM Re: alive and well... sjmaxq 07/26/03 11:04 PM Re: alive and well... maverick 07/26/03 11:46 PM Re: alive and well... sjmaxq 07/27/03 12:15 AM Re: alive and well... Zed 07/28/03 11:44 PM
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