单词 | palaeontographical |
释义 | palaeontographicalpaleontographicaladj. Relating to or engaged in the description of fossil remains of extinct plants and animals.Chiefly in the name of the Palaeontographical Society (see quot. 1848). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > study > [adjective] > palaeobiology oryctological1792 fossilological1837 palaeontological1839 palaeontographical1848 palaeontologic1854 oryctozoological1857 palaeobiologic1924 palaeobiological1929 taphonomical1940 the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [adjective] > petrology or petrography > palaeontology oryctological1792 palaeontological1839 palaeontographical1848 palaeontologic1854 1848 List Council, Secretaries, & Members Palæontogr. Soc. p. iii That the Society formed be called the Palæontographical Society, and that it shall have for its objects the illustration and description of British fossil organic remains. 1861 G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes xii. 412 The origin of the Palæontographical Society. 1908 C. D. Curtis tr. E. Pais Anc. Italy xii. 134 Professor Di Gregorio tells me that a paleontographical study of the grottoes near Caltagirone would yield a rich harvest. 1938 G. West Charles Darwin xii. 210 He was..able to prepare for the printer his first small Monograph on the Fossil Lepadidae.., which was to be issued by the Palaeontographical Society. 1997 Australian (Nexis) 30 Apr. 14 Hill was generous with her time, playing a leading role in the foundation of the Queensland Palaeontographical Society, which in 1974 became part of the now-flourishing Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1848 |
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