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    Cetology (from Greek κῆτος, kētos, "whale"; and -λογία, -logia) or whalelore (also known as whaleology) is the branch of marine mammal science that studies...
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  • The cetology in Herman Melville's 1851 novel, Moby-Dick, is a running theme that appears most importantly in Ishmael's zoological classification of whales...
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    a cold Christmas Day, the Pequod leaves the harbor. Ishmael discusses cetology (the zoological classification and natural history of the whale), and describes...
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    Apiology Arachnology Arthropodology Batrachology Bryozoology Carcinology Cetology Cnidariology Entomology Forensic entomology Ethnozoology Ethology Helminthology...
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    In cetology, the study of whales and other cetaceans, a blowhole is the hole (or spiracle) at the top of the head through which the animal breathes air...
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  • branches of zoology include: anthrozoology, arachnology, archaeozoology, cetology, embryology, entomology, helminthology, herpetology, histology, ichthyology...
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    robustus: its distribution and migration" (PDF). Japan Cetology. 20 (20): 21–29. doi:10.5181/cetology.0.20_21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04...
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    whales; and have presented them with their passports to quit the Kingdom of Cetology." A manatee called Wardell appears in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons...
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    taxonomically oriented disciplines such as primatology (study of primates), and cetology (study of cetaceans). Like other studies, mammalogy is also a part of zoology...
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    Retrieved 3 November 2008. Kurita T., 2010, 『シャチに襲われたマッコウクジラの行動』, Japan Cetology Research Group News Letter 25. Retrieved 10-05-2014 Whitehead, H. (2003)...
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    "mere sounds, full of Leviathanism, but signifying nothing" at the end of "Cetology" (Ch. 32) echo the famous phrase in Macbeth: "Told by an idiot, full of...
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    Father Mapple Bulkington Pip Ships Pequod Chapters and special subjects Cetology Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish Adaptations Related Moby Dick Coin Mocha Dick...
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    low frequency sound from several species of whales off Oahu, Hawaii". Cetology. 45: 1–19. Clark, C.W. (1995). "Application of US Navy underwater hydrophone...
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    about 4,200 different species of animals which are considered mammals. Cetology – branch of marine mammal science that studies the approximately eighty...
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    Apiology Arachnology Arthropodology Batrachology Bryozoology Carcinology Cetology Cnidariology Entomology Forensic entomology Ethnozoology Ethology Helminthology...
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    off Shiretoko, Hokkaido". Japan Cetology. 24. The Sea of Japan Cetology Research Group: 23–25. doi:10.5181/cetology.0.24_23. Taonga, New Zealand Ministry...
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    text" in encyclopedic fiction, the review cites "the pseudo-scientific cetology chapter" in Moby-Dick and "minor-character chatter about art and economics"...
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    List of captive orcas (category Cetology)
    Orcas, or killer whales, are large predatory cetaceans that were first captured live and displayed in exhibitions in the 1960s. They soon became popular...
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    off Shiretoko, Hokkaido". Japan Cetology. 24. The Sea of Japan Cetology Research Group: 23–25. doi:10.5181/cetology.0.24_23. Oki K. (2014). 1/29 セミクジラ再発見ならず・・・...
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    cetus became synonymous with "whale" (the study of whales is now called cetology). In his 1534 translation, William Tyndale translated the phrase in Jonah...
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  • different structures and functions of both eukaryote and prokaryote cells. Cetology – study of whales and dolphins. Chalcography – art of engraving on copper...
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  • circles. cerebrology The science that deals with the cerebrum or brain. cetology The branch of zoology concerned with the order Cetacea, which includes...
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  • British Columbia Known for killer whale research Scientific career Fields Cetology, marine biology Institutions Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans...
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  • William E. Schevill (category Cetology)
    between the MCZ and the WHOI - his work with the latter likely relating to Cetology as opposed to fossil studies. William E. Schevill's study of whales also...
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    Shiretoko, Hokkaido" (PDF). Japan Cetology 24. The Sea of Japan Cetology Research Group: 23–25. doi:10.5181/cetology.0.24_23. Archived from the original...
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    Atlantic status of the Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus". Cetology. 37: 1–12. Neuenhagen (2007). "Histology and morphometrics of testes of...
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    the melon-headed whale (Peponocephala electra) in the western Atlantic". Cetology. 25: 1–4. Dolar, M. (1994). "Incidental takes of small cetaceans in fisheries...
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    Ramari Stewart MNZM Stewart in 2020 Born Ramari Evelyn Sidonie Oliphant Stewart Scientific career Fields Cetology...
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    Killer whale research, salmon research, conservation activism Scientific career Fields Cetology, marine biology Institutions Raincoast Research Society...
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  • collaboration with marine biologists, the SCS offers training in general cetology. Subjects covered include whale and dolphin species, their ecology, the...
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