Zool. [f. Gr. καρκίνος crab + -λογία: see -LOGY.] That part of zoology which treats of crabs and other crustaceans.

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  Hence Carcinological a., Carcinologist.

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1852.  Dana, Crust., II. 1592. The Carcinological collections … in the United States.

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1864.  Webster, Carcinology.

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1886.  Athenæum, 3 July, 20/1. The Challenger … could never afford to operate for the conchologist, or carcinologist, or ichthyologist … separately.

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