| NOUN | cognition | paleontology, palaeontology, fossilology | the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains |
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| Sounds | pey.liyahntaa'lahjhiy | |
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| Rhymes | Agee ... zoology: 128 rhymes with jhiy... | |
| Meaning | The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains. | |
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| Synonyms | palaeontology, fossilology | |
| 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 | |
| Adjectives | paleontological | of or relating to paleontology |
| Nouns | paleontologist | a specialist in paleontology |
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