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palaeontology or US paleontology [pal-ee-on-tol-a-jee]

Noun

the study of past geological periods and fossils [Greek palaeo- ancient + ōn, ont- being + -logy]

palaeontologist or US
paleontologist n

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paleontology, palaeontology

1. the science of the forms of life existing in prior geologie periods from their fossilized remains.
2. an article on paleontology. — paleontologist. palaeontologist, n. — paleontologie, palaeontologic, paleontological, palaeontological, adj.

See also: Fossils

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

palaeontology - the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains fossilology, paleontology frill - (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs palaeobiology, paleobiology - a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms earth science - any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts micropaleontology - the paleontology of microfossils vertebrate paleontology - the paleontology of vertebrates

Translations

palaeontology [pælɪɔnˈtɔlədʒɪ] n → Paläontologie f