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单词 palaeontology
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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
palaeontology /ˌpælɪɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ/ n
  1. the study of fossils to determine the structure and evolution of extinct animals and plants and the age and conditions of deposition of the rock strata in which they are found
Etymology: 19th Century: from palaeo- + onto- + -logy

palaeontological /ˌpælɪˌɒntəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/ adj ˌpalaeonˈtologist n
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pa•le•on•tol•o•gy /ˌpeɪliənˈtɑlədʒi/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Paleontologythe science that deals with the forms of life existing long ago, as represented by their fossils.
pa•le•on•tol•o•gist, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pa•le•on•tol•o•gy  (pā′lē ən tolə jē or, esp. Brit., pal′ē-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies  for 2.
  1. Paleontologythe science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
  2. a treatise on paleontology.
  • French paléontologie. See pale- ontology
  • 1830–40;
pa•le•on•to•log•ic  (pā′lē on′tl ojik or, esp. Brit., pal′ē-),USA pronunciation pa′le•on′to•logi•cal, adj.  pa′le•on′to•logi•cal•ly, adv. 
pa′le•on•tolo•gist, n. 

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