of, or relating to, xenology
Where xenological investigations were concerned, George could take as detached and impersonal an attitude towards Krishnans as if they were microorganisms under his microscope.
Charles Lackland, while conducting xenological investigations near the dome, encounters Barlennan, a native of the world, which he calls Mesklin.
I gather Cave Discoverer’s an explorer and adventurer. Heesh first met humans by seekin’ out a xenological camp 200 kilometers from home.
It isn’t just good xenological procedure.
To their data-crammed minds was given the job of original research in xenological medicine and the diagnosis and treatment of new diseases in hitherto unknown lifeforms.
What was someone like Seaforth doing running a xenological contact station in the wilds of a frontier world, even as comparatively benign a frontier world as Senisran?
Titan U, in the persona of Secretary Vincente—the voice of power in the Department of Xenological Studies wasn’t pleased.
antedating 1950
1950 L. S. de Camp 'The Hand of Zei'
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