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noun the branch of zoology that studies eggs (especially birds' eggs and their size, shape, coloration, and number)
originFrom oo- (“relating to eggs or ova”, prefix) + -logy (“branch of learning or study of a subject”, suffix). The word is cognate with French oologie, Late Latin ōologia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0