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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
oryctology .
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He especially enjoyed collecting and poring over oryctics, or “things dug from the earth,” and he had hired some neighborhood boys to bring him interesting chunks of rock from the nearby Mount Eibelstadt.
Cheating Wonders: Beringer's Lying Stones Cara Giaimo 2016
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