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Noun: palaeontology  ,pey-lee-un'tó-lu-jee or ,pa-lee-un'tó-lu-jee
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: paleontology)
  1. The earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains
    - paleontology [N. Amer], fossilology

Derived forms: palaeontologies

Type of: earth science, geoscience

Encyclopedia: Palaeontology