fossilology (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *fossilology*:
NOUN	cognition	fossilology, paleontology, palaeontology	the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains

English > *fossilology*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains.
Synonyms	paleontology, palaeontology
Category of	frill	(paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
Narrower	micropaleontology	The paleontology of microfossils
	paleobiology, palaeobiology	A branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms
	vertebrate paleontology	The paleontology of vertebrates
Broader	earth science	Any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts
Spanish	paleontología
Catalan	fossilology, paleontologia

HyperDic: fossilology