noun
- the scientific study of birds’ eggs
Usage: scientific
Examples
- The museum’s oology collection contains thousands of bird eggs from around the world.
- She specialized in oology and could identify species by their egg characteristics.
- Oology was a popular field of study among naturalists in the 19th century.
- The oology department carefully catalogued each specimen’s size, color, and markings.
- Modern oology focuses on conservation rather than collection of eggs.
- His research in oology helped scientists understand breeding patterns of endangered birds.