Osgood (1875-1947) gained his reputation as an ornithologist and specialized during the 1890s in oology, but in 1897 he joined the then US Bureau of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy (later to become the US Biological Survey) and embarked on significant collecting trips to California and Alaska. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
It was while he was a professor in microbial biology, oology and mollusk genomics at Harvard that he was mysteriously drafted into the military just prior to the Gulf War. From Wordnik.com. [Raise Really High The Roofbeam, Gassbag] Reference
The Apple-oology fun continues, in the best spirit of the old Kremlinology. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
Yet, be assured, reader, that all the 'ologies' hitherto christened oology, ichthyology, ornithology, conchology, palaeodontology, &c., do not furnish such mines of labor as does the Greek language when thoroughly searched. From Wordnik.com. [Note Book of an English Opium-Eater] Reference
Amateur enthusiasts gathered information about birds but largely through the now outlawed hobby of oology ” egg collecting. From Wordnik.com. [Hero of Birdland] Reference
7. oology, illujlrated hy Plates and brief explanations is plate xliv. a good and exadl drawing of th6 fifti, the Upper figure reprefenting it in front, the lower fideways. From Wordnik.com. [Travels into North America : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various subjects] Reference
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