— paleethnologic /pay'lee eth'nl oj"ik/ ; esp. Brit. /pal'ee-/ , paleethnological , adj. — paleethnologist , n.
/pay'lee eth nol"euh jee/ ; esp. Brit. /pal'ee-/ , n.
(formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive races of humankind.
[ 1865-70; PALE- + ETHNOLOGY ]