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chorology

noun
cho·rol·o·gy | \kəˈräləjē\
plural -es

Definition of chorology 

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

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History and Etymology for chorology

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

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