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FOSSILOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fossilology mean?
• FOSSILOLOGY (noun)
The noun FOSSILOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains
Familiarity information: FOSSILOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
fossilology; palaeontology; paleontology
Hypernyms ("fossilology" is a kind of...):
earth science (any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts)
Domain member category:
frill ((paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fossilology"):
palaeobiology; paleobiology (a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms)
micropaleontology (the paleontology of microfossils)
vertebrate paleontology (the paleontology of vertebrates)
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