PALAEONTOLOGY


Meaning of PALAEONTOLOGY in English

n. (US paleontology) the study of life in the geological past. palaeontological adj. palaeontologist n.

[ PALAEO- + Gk onta neut. pl. of on being, part. of eimi be + -LOGY ]

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