chorology

noun

cho·​rol·​o·​gy

kəˈräləjē

plural -es

: biogeography especially as concerned with the migrations and areas of distribution of organisms

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary chor- + -logy; originally formed as German chorologie

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