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PALAEOBIOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does palaeobiology mean?
• PALAEOBIOLOGY (noun)
The noun PALAEOBIOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms
Familiarity information: PALAEOBIOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
palaeobiology; paleobiology
Hypernyms ("palaeobiology" is a kind of...):
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
fossilology; palaeontology; paleontology (the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palaeobiology"):
palaeobotany; paleobotany (the study of fossil plants)
palaeozoology; paleozoology (the study of fossil animals)
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