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palaeogeology |
palaeolithic |
palaeology |
palaeontological |
palaeontologist |
palaeontology
| palaeopathology
| palaeornithology
| palaeozoology
| palaestra
| palaetiology
palaeontology
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun palaeontology has 1 sense
- palaeontology(n = noun.cognition) fossilology, paleontology - the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains; Array has particulars: palaeobiology, paleobiology, micropaleontology, vertebrate paleontology
is a kind of earth science
Derived forms adjective palaeontological1, noun palaeontologist1
CIDE DICTIONARY
palaeontology, n.
The branch of archeology that studies fossil organisms and related remains. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
palaeontology, n. (US paleontology) the study of life in the geological past.
Derivative
palaeontological adj. palaeontologist n.
Etymology
PALAEO- + Gk onta neut. pl. of on being, part. of eimi be + -LOGY
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