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A cartophilist is someone who collects cards, including cigarette cards which were historically popular trading cards included with tobacco products. Notaphily refers to banknote collecting, while helixophile is not a standard collecting term. The term combines 'carto' (card) with 'philist' (collector).

Ichthyology is the scientific study of fish, derived from the Greek word 'ichthys' meaning fish. The other options are made-up terms not recognized in any scientific context.

A numismatist is a person who studies or collects coins, paper money, and related objects. Numismatics comes from the Greek 'nomisma' meaning coin. Lepidopterists study butterflies, notaphilists collect banknotes, and deltiologists collect postcards.

A helixophile collects corkscrews - the term refers to the helical spiral shape of corkscrews. Oologists collect eggs, discophilists collect records/CDs, and iconophilists collect icons or images. This is a highly specialized collecting term.

Seismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth. Derived from the Greek 'seismos' meaning earthquake or shaking. The other options are not real scientific terms.

A plangonologist collects dolls, from 'plangon' the Greek word for puppet or doll. Pocillovists collect egg-cups, cagophilists collect keys, and philatelists collect stamps. This is a very specialized collecting term.

Oology is the scientific study of eggs, particularly birds' eggs. The term comes from the Greek 'oon' meaning egg. Enology is the study of wine, and the other options are not recognized scientific terms.

An oologist collects eggs, particularly birds' eggs. This is related to oology, the study of eggs. The other terms are not standard collector designations for egg collecting.

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, derived from the Greek 'entomon' meaning insect (literally 'cut up' referring to segmented bodies). The other options are not recognized scientific terms.

A pocillovist collects egg-cups, a highly specialized collecting term. Oologists collect eggs, discophilists collect records, and surologists collect sugar packets. This is obscure even among collector terminology.