PALAEONTOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palaeontology mean? 

• PALAEONTOLOGY (noun)
  The noun PALAEONTOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains

  Familiarity information: PALAEONTOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALAEONTOLOGY (noun)

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 ("palaeontology" 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 "palaeontology"):

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)

Derivation:

palaeontological (of or relating to paleontology)

palaeontologist (a specialist in paleontology)