'Malacostracology' definitions:
Definition of 'Malacostracology'
From: GCIDE
- Malacostracology \Mal`a*cos`tra*col"o*gy\, n. [Malacostracan + -logy.] That branch of Zoological science which relates to the crustaceans; -- called also carcinology. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'malacostracology'
From: GCIDE
- Carcinology \Car`ci*nol"o*gy\ (k[aum]r`s[i^]*n[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. karki`nos a crab + -logy.] (Zool.) The department of Zoology which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology. [1913 Webster]