HyperDic: palaeontology

English > 1 sense of the word palaeontology:
NOUNcognitionpalaeontology, paleontology, fossilologythe earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains
English > palaeontology: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningThe earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains.
Synonymspaleontology, fossilology
Category offrill(paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
NarrowermicropaleontologyThe paleontology of microfossils
paleobiology, palaeobiologyA branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms
vertebrate paleontologyThe paleontology of vertebrates
Broaderearth scienceAny of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts
Spanishpaleontología
Catalanfossilology, paleontologia
Adjectivespalaeontologicalof or relating to paleontology
Nounspalaeontologista specialist in paleontology

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