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Webster 1913 Edition

Ichthyology

Ichˊthy-ol′o-gy

,
Noun.
[Gr.
ἰχθύς
,
-ύος
, a fish +
-logy
: cf. F.
ichthyologie
.]
The natural history of fishes; that branch of Zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ichthyology

ICHTHYOL'OGY

,
Noun.
[Gr. a fish, and discourse.] The science of fishes, or that part of zoology which treats of fishes,their structure, form and classification,their habits, uses, &c.

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