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Webster 1913 Edition

Oryctography

Orˊyc-tog′ra-phy

,

Noun.

[Gr.

ὀρυκτόσ

dug +

-graphy

.]

Description of fossils.

[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Oryctography

ORYCTOG'RAPHY

,

Noun.

[Gr. fossil, and to describe.]

That part of natural history in which fossils are described.

Definition 2024

oryctography

oryctography

English

Noun

oryctography ‎(uncountable)

(obsolete) The description of fossils.